Hysteresis in a microactuator with single-domain magnetic thin films

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 630-633

  Wei, Zung Hang ^a   Lo, Chi Kuen ^b   Liu, Da Ren ^c   Hsieh, Yi Ping ^a   Lee, Yun Ruei ^a   Shiao, Hong Ren ^a   Chiu, Yi Hsun ^a   Lee, Chiun Peng ^a   Liao, Chun Neng ^a   Chen, Ying Jiun ^a   Hsu, Chia Jung ^a   Lai, Mei Feng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Actuator; Hysteresis; Magnetic switching; Magnetic thin films; Single domain

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC THIN FILMS;

MAGNETIC SWITCHING; SHAPE ANISOTROPY; SINGLE DOMAINS;

MAGNETIC ACTUATORS;

EID: 76249088546     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2009.2034331     Document Type: Article

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