Imaging of spin waves in atomically designed nanomagnets

Nature Materials

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 782-785

  Spinelli, A ^a   Bryant, B ^a   Delgado, F ^b   Fernandez Rossier J ^b   Otte, A F ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL IBERIAN NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; DOMAIN WALLS; NANOMAGNETICS; SPIN WAVES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ATOMIC SCALE IMAGING; COLLECTIVE PHENOMENA; INELASTIC ELECTRON TUNNELLING SPECTROSCOPY; OPPOSITE MAGNETIZATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPINWAVE EXCITATION; STANDING SPIN WAVES; STOCHASTIC SWITCHING;

ATOMS;

EID: 84911461458     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4018     Document Type: Article

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