Local Modification of Magnetic Properties by an Electron Beam

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Magnetic anisotropies can be modified locally by intense electron beams. In ultrathin epitaxial Co films grown on Pt(111), switching of the easy axis from parallel to perpendicular to the surface can be
induced, and the domain size can be enlarged by one order of magnitude.

By: R. Allenspach, A. Bischof, U. Dürig, and P. Grütter

Published in: Applied Physics Letters, volume 73, (no 24), pages 3598-600 in 1998

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