Time-resolved kerr effect in very thin films of CoCrPt alloys

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3897-3900

  Mizukami, S ^a   Watanabe, D ^a   Kubota, T ^a   Zhang, X ^a   Naganuma, H ^a   Oogane, M ^a   Ando, Y ^a   Miyazaki, T ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magnetic films; magnetic resonance; magneto optic Kerr effects; perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA)

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM ALLOYS; COBALT ALLOYS; FERROMAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FILMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIZATION; PLATINUM ALLOYS; TERNARY ALLOYS; THIN FILMS;

APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELDS; FERROMAGNETIC RESONANCE (FMR); GILBERT DAMPING CONSTANT; MAGNETIZATION DYNAMICS; MAGNETIZATION PRECESSION; MAGNETO-OPTIC KERR EFFECT; PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; TIME-RESOLVED MAGNETO-OPTICAL KERR EFFECTS;

OPTICAL KERR EFFECT;

EID: 80053555065     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2011.2154357     Document Type: Article

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