Magnetostrictive thin films for microwave spintronics

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Parkes, D E ^a   Shelford, L R ^b   Wadley, P ^a,c   Holy V ^c   Wang, M ^a   Hindmarch, A T ^a   Van Der Laan, G ^b   Campion, R P ^a   Edmonds, K W ^a   Cavill, S A ^b   Rushforth, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

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EID: 84880347829     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02220     Document Type: Article

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