Magnetic Force Microscopy of Low-Coercivity Ferromagnetic Nanodiscs

Autor: B. A. Gribkov, C. Binns, A. B. Shubin, Victor L. Mironov, P. A. Zhdan, S. V. Gaponov, S. A. Gusev, D.S. Nikitushkin
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 44:2296-2298
ISSN: 0018-9464
DOI: 10.1109/tmag.2008.2000811
Popis: We report the results of magnetic force microscopy (MFM) investigations of low-coercivity Co nanodiscs, with 50 nm lateral size and 20 nm height, fabricated by e-beam lithography and ion etching. We observed two types of MFM contrast in the form of Gaussian and ring distributions caused by strong probe-particle interaction. We compared experimentally the transformation of the MFM contrast from these low-coercivity nanodiscs caused by an external magnetic field applied in situ, and compared the experimental results with theoretical simulations.
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