Chirality switching and propagation control of a vortex domain wall in ferromagnetic nanotubes

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Otalora J A ^a   Lopez Lopez J A ^a   Vargas, P ^a   Landeros, P ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL TIME; CRITICAL VALUE; FIELD AMPLITUDES; KEY PARAMETERS; MAGNETIC FIELD PULSE; PULSE LENGTH; VORTEX DOMAIN WALL;

CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMERS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; VORTEX FLOW;

NANOTUBES;

EID: 84857251009     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3687154     Document Type: Article

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