Formation of thermally induced ground states in two-dimensional square spin ices

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  John Greaves, Simon ^a   Muraoka, Hiroaki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY FIELD; AS-DEPOSITED STATE; COOLING RATES; DEGREE OF ORDERING; MAGNETIC ISLAND; MAGNETOSTATIC FIELD; NANO SCALE; SLOW GROWTH RATES; SPIN ICE; SWITCHING FIELD; THERMALLY INDUCED;

ASPECT RATIO; MAGNETIC MOMENTS;

TWO DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84865841996     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4747910     Document Type: Article

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