Magnetic excitations in a nanocontact

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作者
Coey, JMD [1 ]
Berger, L
Labaye, Y
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[1] Trinity Coll Dublin, Dept Phys, Dublin 2, Ireland
[2] Univ Maine, Lab Phys Etat Condense, CNRS, UMR 6087, F-72085 Le Mans, France
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10.1103/PhysRevB.64.020407
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
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The domain wall in a ferromagnetic nanocontact adopts a specific configuration-Neel-like, vortex. or Bloch-likedepending on the dipole-dipole interactions governed by the size and shape of the contact and its atomic structure. Spontaneous thermal fluctuations between these modes arise in a soft ferromagnet at room temperature when the dimensions of the contact are less than about 10 nm. The giant magnetoresistance of a nanocontact may be reduced, but not eliminated by the mode fluctuations.
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