V. Metlushko1, U. Welp2, V. Vlasko-Vlasov2, G. Crabtree2, N. Zaluzec2, J. Hiller2, M. Grimsditch2, B. Ilic3, J. Bekaert4, V.V. Moshchalkov4, Y. Bruynseraede, J. Das5, J. De Boeck5, G. Borghs5, Xiaobin Zhu6, P. Grutter
1University of Illinois – Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
2Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA
3Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
4Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
5Inter University Micro Electronics Center, Leuven, Belgium
6McGill University, Montreal, Que., Canada
Tóm tắt
We present the results of systematic characterization of arrays of small permalloy and cobalt ring elements with SQUID magnetization to determine the magnetic moment, with atomic force microscopy (AFM) and magnetic force microscopy (NUM) to determine the topography and the magnetic patterns inside the rings, and with high resolution scanning Hall probe, Lorentz microscopy and magneto-optical imaging to visualize the moment reversal process during a magnetization cycle.