Remanent states and magnetization reversal for nanopatterned Co elements

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2414-2416

  Smith, David J ^b   McCartney, Martha R ^b  

^a AZ 85281   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetization reversal; off axis electron holography; remanent state; switching

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008049345     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2006.878673     Document Type: Article

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