Magnetic soft x-ray microscopy of the domain wall depinning process in permalloy magnetic nanowires

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Im, Mi Young ^a   Bocklage, Lars ^b   Meier, Guido ^b   Fischer, Peter ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPINNING; DETERMINISTIC DOMAINS; DOMAIN WALL MOTION; DOMAIN-WALL DEPINNING; FULL-FIELD; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; MAGNETIC NANOWIRES; MAGNETIC TRANSMISSION X-RAY MICROSCOPIES; NOTCH DEPTH; OPTIMIZED DESIGNS; PERMALLOY NANOWIRES; SOFT X-RAY MICROSCOPY; STOCHASTIC NATURE; STOCHASTICITY; WIRE WIDTH;

DOMAIN WALLS; NANOWIRES; WIRE; X RAY MICROSCOPES;

MAGNETIC DOMAINS;

EID: 83755161797     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/2/024203     Document Type: Article

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