Diagram for vortex formation in quasi-two-dimensional magnetic dots

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Rocha, J C S ^a   Coura, P Z ^b   Leonel, S A ^b   Dias, R A ^b   Costa, B V ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPOLE INTERACTION; DIPOLE-DIPOLE POTENTIAL; FINITE SIZE SCALING; HEXAGONAL LATTICE; IN-PLANE; MAGNETIC DOTS; MAGNETIC SYSTEM; NANO-DEVICES; NANODISKS; NONLINEAR OBJECTS; OUT-OF-PLANE; OUT-OF-PLANE ANISOTROPY; TRIANGULAR LATTICE; TWO-LAYER SYSTEMS; VORTEX FORMATION; VORTEX STATE;

MAGNETIC HEADS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIC RECORDING; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 77949725104     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3318605     Document Type: Article

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