Effect of magnetic field on the magnetic domain structure of MnAs film on GaAs(001)

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3249-3251

  Kim, J B ^a   Ryu, K S ^b   Akinaga, H ^c   Kim, K W ^d  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d SunMoon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Magnetic domains; magnetic force microscopy; magnetic thin films

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008051027     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2006.878404     Document Type: Article

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