Domain wall velocity measurement in permalloy nanowires with X-ray magnetic circular dichroism imaging and single shot Kerr microscopy

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

Volumn 322, Issue 9-12, 2010, Pages 1347-1352

  Moore, T A ^a   Klaui M ^a   Heyne, L ^a   Mohrke P ^a   Backes, D ^a,b   Rhensius, J ^a,b   Rudiger U ^a   Heyderman, L J ^b   Mentes, T O ^c   Nino M A ^c   Locatelli, A ^c   Potenza, A ^d   Marchetto, H ^d   Cavill, S ^d   Dhesi, S S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domain wall dynamics; Ferromagnetic nanowire; Spin torque

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE VELOCITY; DATA STORAGE; DOMAIN WALL VELOCITIES; DOMAIN-WALL DYNAMICS; DYNAMIC MEASUREMENT; FERROMAGNETIC NANOWIRE; FIELD PULSE; KERR MICROSCOPY; LOGIC APPLICATIONS; MAGNETIC CONTRAST; MAGNETIC IMAGING; MAGNETIC WIRE; NANO SCALE; PERMALLOY NANOWIRES; SINGLE SHOTS; SPIN STRUCTURES; SPIN TORQUE; SPIN-POLARIZED CURRENTS; STOCHASTIC NATURE; X-RAY MAGNETIC CIRCULAR DICHROISM; X-RAY MAGNETIC CIRCULAR DICHROISM PHOTOEMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DICHROISM; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; DOMAIN WALLS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC STORAGE; NANOMAGNETICS; NANOWIRES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

SPIN DYNAMICS;

EID: 77949296677     PISSN: 03048853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2009.06.048     Document Type: Article

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