Domain Structure in CoFeB Thin Films With Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy

IEEE Magnetics Letters

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 3000304-

  Yamanouchi, Michihiko ^a   Ikeda, Shoji ^a   Matsukura, Fumihiro ^a   Ohno, Hideo ^a   Jander, Albrecht ^a,b   Dhagat, Pallavi ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

magnetic stripe domains; magneto optic Kerr effect; perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; Spin electronics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008016153     PISSN: 1949307X     EISSN: 19493088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMAG.2011.2159484     Document Type: Article

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