Single-atom magnetometry

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Wiesendanger, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetometry; Nanomagnetism; Spin manipulation; Spin mapping; Spin polarized scanning tunneling microscopy

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; LATTICE CONSTANTS; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOMETERS; ORBITS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SPIN POLARIZATION;

ATOMIC RESOLUTION; EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; MAGNETIZATION CURVES; NANOMAGNETISMS; SELECTIVE IMAGING; SPIN MANIPULATION; SPIN-POLARIZED SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

MAGNETOMETRY;

EID: 78649913398     PISSN: 13590286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cossms.2010.05.001     Document Type: Review

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