In-plane field effects on the dynamics of domain walls in ultrathin co films with perpendicular anisotropy

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2220-2223

  Kabanov, Y P ^a   Iunin, Y L ^a   Nikitenko, V I ^a,b,c   Shapiro, A J ^b   Shull, R D ^b   Zhu, L Y ^c   Chien, C L ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cobalt; Domain wall; In plane magnetic field; Perpendicular anisotropy; Ultrathin film

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COBALT; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; METALLIC FILMS; ULTRATHIN FILMS; VELOCITY;

CIRCULAR DOMAINS; DOMAIN NUCLEATION; DOMAIN WALL VELOCITIES; FILM SURFACES; IN-PLANE FIELDS; IN-PLANE MAGNETIC FIELDS; PERPENDICULAR ANISOTROPY; ULTRATHIN CO FILMS;

DOMAIN WALLS;

EID: 77952875119     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2010.2045740     Document Type: Article

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