MFM domain imaging of textured Ni-Mn-Ga/MgO(100) thin films

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 44, Issue 11 PART 1, 2008, Pages 3040-3043

  Chernenko, Volodymyr A ^a   Anton, Ricardo Lopez ^b,c   Barandiaran, Jose M ^d   Orue, Iñaki ^d   Besseghini, Stefano ^a   Ohtsuka, Makoto ^e   Gambardella, Andrea ^a  

^a CNR IENI   (Italy)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

In plane magnetic anisotropy; Magnetic force microscopy; Magnetization loop; Ni Mn Ga textured film

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749083291     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2008.2001652     Document Type: Article

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