Ferroelectric control of magnetic domains in ultra-thin cobalt layers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 22, 2013, Pages

  Huang, Z ^a   Stolichnov, I ^a   Bernand Mantel, A ^b,c   Borrel, J ^b,c   Auffret, S ^d   Gaudin, G ^d   Boulle, O ^d   Pizzini, S ^b,c   Ranno, L ^b,c   Herrera Diez, L ^b,c   Setter, N ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^d UMR 8191   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMAIN NUCLEATION; DOMAIN WALL VELOCITIES; FERROELECTRIC DOMAIN WRITINGS; FERROELECTRIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY ENERGY; MAGNETO-OPTICAL KERR EFFECTS; NUCLEATION SITES; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

COBALT; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRICITY; NUCLEATION;

MAGNETIC DOMAINS;

EID: 84888610544     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4833495     Document Type: Article

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