Stochastic nature of the domain wall depinning in permalloy magnetic nanowires

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Akerman, Johanna ^a   Muñoz, Manuel ^b   Maicas, Marco ^a   Prieto, José L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

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EID: 77957557431     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.064426     Document Type: Article

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