Mapping the domain wall pinning profile by stochastic imaging reconstruction

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Jiang, Wanjun ^a   Fan, Yabin ^a   Upadhyaya, Pramey ^a   Lang, Murong ^a   Wang, Minsheng ^a   Chang, Li Te ^a   Wong, Kin L ^a   Tang, Jianshi ^a   Lewis, Mark ^a   Zhao, Jing ^a   He, Liang ^a   Kou, Xufeng ^a   Zeng, Caifu ^a   Zhou, X Z ^b   Schwartz, Robert N ^a   Wang, Kang L ^a  

^a Los Angeles   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

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EID: 84872955256     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.014427     Document Type: Article

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