Influence of structural disorder on magnetic domain formation in perpendicular anisotropy thin films

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 18, 2013, Pages

  Pierce, M S ^a,b,c   Davies, J E ^d,e   Turner, J J ^f,g   Chesnel, K ^h   Fullerton, E E ⁱ   Nam, J ^a   Hailstone, R ^a   Kevan, S D ^f   Kortright, J B ^j   Liu, Kai ^d   Sorensen, L B ^c   York, B R ^k   Hellwig, O ^k  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NVE CORPORATION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^g SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^h Brigham Young University   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^k WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 84878606513     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.184428     Document Type: Article

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