Microscopic return point memory in Co/Pd multilayer films

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Seu, K A ^a,b   Su, R ^a   Roy, S ^b   Parks, D ^a   Shipton, E ^c   Fullerton, E E ^c   Kevan, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CO/PD MULTILAYERS; COMPLEMENTARY POINT MEMORIES; DOMAIN STRUCTURE; PERPENDICULAR ANISOTROPY; RETURN POINT MEMORY; REVERSAL PROCESS; SOFT X-RAY; SPECKLE PATTERNS;

HOLOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC STORAGE; MULTILAYERS; SPECKLE;

MULTILAYER FILMS;

EID: 77951536857     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/12/3/035009     Document Type: Article

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