Microstructural, magnetic anisotropy, and magnetic domain structure correlations in epitaxial FePd thin films with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1886-1889

  Skuza, J R ^a   Clavero, C ^a   Yang, K ^a   Wincheski, B ^b   Lukaszew, R A ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic domains; Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA); Perpendicular magnetic recording; Thin films

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; DEPOSITION; DOMAIN WALLS; IRON ALLOYS; MAGNESIA; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; OXIDE MINERALS; PALLADIUM ALLOYS; THIN FILMS;

DC MAGNETRON SPUTTERS; DOMAIN WALL ENERGY; EPITAXIAL THIN FILMS; HIGH PERPENDICULAR ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC DOMAIN SIZE; OPTIMAL TEMPERATURE; PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING;

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

EID: 77952842700     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2009.2039923     Document Type: Article

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