Magnetic domain observations in Fe-Ga alloys

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

Volumn 322, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2023-2026

  Mudivarthi, Chaitanya ^a   Na, Suok Min ^b   Schaefer, Rudolf ^c   Laver, Mark ^d,e   Wuttig, Manfred ^a   Flatau, Alison B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Iron Gallium (Galfenol); Kerr microscope; Magnetic domains; Magnetic force microscope (MFM); Magnetostriction; Polishing

Indexed keywords

IRON-GALLIUM; KERR MICROSCOPE; KERR MICROSCOPES; MAGNETIC FORCE MICROSCOPE (MFM); MAGNETIC FORCE MICROSCOPES;

ANISOTROPY; CERIUM ALLOYS; CRYSTALS; DOMAIN WALLS; GALLIUM; GALLIUM ALLOYS; IRON ALLOYS; MAGNETIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETOSTRICTION; MAGNETOSTRICTIVE DEVICES; MICROSCOPES; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; POLISHING; SILICA; SURFACES;

MAGNETIC DOMAINS;

EID: 77950627371     PISSN: 03048853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2010.01.027     Document Type: Article

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