Domain-wall pinning by local control of anisotropy in Pt/Co/Pt strips

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Franken, J H ^a   Hoeijmakers, M ^a   Lavrijsen, R ^a   Swagten, H J M ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; ANISOTROPY VARIATION; DOMAIN-WALL PINNING; ION BEAM IRRADIATION; IRRADIATED AREA; LENGTH SCALE; LOCAL CONTROL; NANOSTRIPS; PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; PINNING STRENGTH; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT;

DOMAIN WALLS; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

EID: 83755170699     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/2/024216     Document Type: Article

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