The effect of the single-spin defect on the stability of the in-plane vortex state in 2D magnetic nanodots

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 6075-6083

  Mamica, S ^a   Levy J C S ^b   Depondt, Ph ^c   Krawczyk, M ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^c INSTITUT DES NANOSCIENCES DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Ground state stability; Localized spin waves; Magnetic nanodots; Magnetic vortices

Indexed keywords

DIPOLAR INTERACTION; IN-PLANE; IN-PLANE VORTEX; INTERACTION RATIO; LOCALIZED SPIN; MAGNETIC NANODOTS; MAGNETIC VORTICES; MICROSCOPIC THEORY; NEAREST-NEIGHBOUR; NON-MAGNETIC IMPURITIES; STATE STABILITY; VORTEX CORES; VORTEX SIZE;

DEFECTS; EXCHANGE INTERACTIONS; SPIN WAVES;

VORTEX FLOW;

MAGNETIC NANODOT; QUANTUM DOT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONFERENCE PAPER; EXCITATION; MAGNETISM; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VORTEX MOTION;

EID: 84857057105     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-011-0308-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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