The effect of magnetostatic coupling on spin configurations in ultrathin multilayers

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Tekielak, M ^a   Gieniusz, R ^a   Kisielewski, M ^a   Mazalski, P ^a   Maziewski, A ^a   Zablotskii, V ^b   Stobiecki, F ^c   Szymanski B ^c   Schfer, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^d IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY ENERGIES; DOMAIN STRUCTURE; EASY AXIS; ELLIPTICAL CROSS SECTION; IN-PLANE; IN-PLANE MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; IN-PLANE MAGNETIZATION; INTERLAYER COUPLING; KERR MICROSCOPY; MAGNETIC PARAMETERS; MAGNETIZATION DISTRIBUTION; MAGNETIZATION STATE; MAGNETIZED DOMAINS; MAGNETO-OPTICAL; MAGNETO-STATIC COUPLINGS; MAGNETOSTATIC ENERGY; METASTABLE DOMAIN; MICROMAGNETIC SIMULATIONS; OUT-OF-PLANE; POLAR KERR EFFECT; REORIENTATION PHASE TRANSITION; SAMPLE SURFACE; SATURATION FIELDS; SPIN CONFIGURATIONS; SURFACE NORMALS; ULTRATHIN MULTILAYERS; VORTEX CORES;

KERR MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECT; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC MULTILAYERS; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETOSTATICS; MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VORTEX FLOW;

OPTICAL MULTILAYERS;

EID: 80052418356     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3626747     Document Type: Article

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