Magnetic switching properties of Fe-Ni-Pt thin films with graded magnetocrystalline anisotropy

IEEE Magnetics Letters

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Fu, Bianzhu ^a   Harrell, James W ^b   Thompson, Gregory B ^a  

^a University of Alabama   (United States)

^b The University of Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

exchange coupled composites; Fe Ni Pt thin films; Information storage; magnetocrystalline anisotropy

Indexed keywords

GRADED COMPOSITION; GRADED FILMS; ION ETCHING; MAGNETIC SWITCHING; MULTI-LAYERED; NANODOTS; SWITCHING FIELD;

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; MAGNETOCRYSTALLINE ANISOTROPY; PLATINUM; SWITCHING; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84872174386     PISSN: 1949307X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMAG.2012.2229384     Document Type: Article

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