Reversal mechanisms of coupled bi-component magnetic nanostructures

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Shimon, G ^a,b   Adeyeye, A O ^a,b   Ross, C A ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE   (Singapore)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIFT-OFF PROCESS; MAGNETIC NANOSTRUCTURES; MAGNETO-STATIC COUPLINGS; NARROW GAP; REVERSAL MECHANISM; REVERSAL PROCESS; RING STRUCTURES; SELF-ALIGNED; THIN-FILM STRUCTURE; VORTEX STATE;

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;

PHYSICS;

EID: 84865482816     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4747446     Document Type: Article

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