Direct observation of imprinted antiferromagnetic vortex states in CoO/Fe/Ag(001) discs

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 303-306

  Wu, J ^a   Carlton, D ^a   Park, J S ^a   Meng, Y ^a,b   Arenholz, E ^c   Doran, A ^c   Young, A T ^c   Scholl, A ^c   Hwang, C ^d   Zhao, H W ^b   Bokor, J ^a   Qiu, Z Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; COBALT COMPOUNDS; DICHROISM; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MAGNETIC THIN FILMS; NICKEL OXIDE; TEMPERATURE; THIN FILMS;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC VORTEX; ANTIFERROMAGNETICS; CONFINED STRUCTURES; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES; GYROSCOPIC ROTATION; MAGNETIZATION VECTOR; X-RAY MAGNETIC LINEAR DICHROISMS;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 79953712595     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1891     Document Type: Article

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