Magnetic dot clusters for application in magneto-electronics

Microelectronic Engineering

Volumn 87, Issue 5-8, 2010, Pages 1614-1616

  Francardi, Marco ^a,b   Sepioni, Margherita ^a   Gerardino, Annamaria ^b   Sansone, Francesco ^b   Gubbiotti, Gianluca ^a   Madami, Marco ^a   Tacchi, Silvia ^a   Carlotti, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b IFN CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electron beam lithography; Magnetic clusters; Magnetic film; Spin waves

Indexed keywords

DIPOLAR COUPLINGS; HYSTERESIS CYCLES; ISOLATED ELEMENTS; LARGE DIMENSIONS; LATERAL SIZES; MAGNETIC CLUSTER; MAGNETIC CLUSTERS; MAGNETIC DOTS; MAGNETIZATION CURVES; MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL MECHANISMS; MAGNETO-OPTICAL KERR EFFECTS; MICROMAGNETIC SIMULATIONS;

ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAMS; KERR MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECT; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FILMS; MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL; MAGNETOS; METALLIC FILMS; SPIN DYNAMICS; SPIN WAVES;

OPTICAL KERR EFFECT;

EID: 76949083330     PISSN: 01679317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mee.2009.10.039     Document Type: Article

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