Three-dimensional imaging of magnetic domains

Nature Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Manke, I ^a   Kardjilov, N ^a   Schafer R ^b   Hilger, A ^a   Strobl, M ^a   Dawson, M ^a,c   Grunzweig C ^d   Behr, G ^b   Hentschel, M ^e   David, C ^d   Kupsch, A ^e   Lange, A ^e   Banhart, J ^a,f  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^f TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NEUTRON; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 78650038392     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1125     Document Type: Article

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