DOI: 10.1038/nphys464. Direct observation of the coherent precession of magnetic domain walls propagating along permalloy nanowires

Direct observation of the coherent precession of magnetic domain walls propagating along permalloy nanowires

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Hayashi, M., Thomas, L., Rettner, C., Moriya, R., & Parkin, S. S. P. (2006). Direct observation of the coherent precession of magnetic domain walls propagating along permalloy nanowires. Nature Physics, 3(1), 21â25.

Authors 5

Masamitsu Hayashi (first)
Luc Thomas (additional)
Charles Rettner (additional)
Rai Moriya (additional)
Stuart S. P. Parkin (additional)

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