Rate-dependence of the switching field distribution in nanoscale granular magnetic materials

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Hovorka, O ^a   Evans, R F L ^b   Chantrell, R W ^b   Berger, A ^a  

^a CIC NANOGUNE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTERNAL FIELDS; FAST PROCESS; KINETIC MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NANO SCALE; PERPENDICULAR RECORDING MEDIA; RATE DEPENDENCE; SCALING RELATIONSHIPS; STONER-WOHLFARTH PARTICLE; SWITCHING FIELD DISTRIBUTION; TIME-SCALES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOMAGNETICS;

SWITCHING;

EID: 77955758970     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3477956     Document Type: Article

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