Understanding thermal annealing of artificial spin ice

We have performed a detailed study on thermal annealing of the moment configuration in artificial spin ice. Permalloy (Ni80Fe20) artificial spin ice samples were examined in the prototypical square ice geometry, studying annealing as a function of island thickness, island shape, and annealing temper...

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Main Authors: Xiaoyu Zhang, Yuyang Lao, Joseph Sklenar, Nicholas S. Bingham, Joseph T. Batley, Justin D. Watts, Cristiano Nisoli, Chris Leighton, Peter Schiffer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2019-11-01
Series:APL Materials
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5126713