Ding, H. F., Wulfhekel, W., Chen, Ch., Barthel, J., Kirschner, J.
A combined magnetic force and spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy study of the closure domain pattern of Co(0001)
Materials Science & Engineering B 84, (1-2),pp 96-101 Elsevier Science, (2001)
The complex fractal closure domain pattern of bulk Co(0001) is investigated using standard magnetic force microscopy in air and spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy in ultra high vacuum. The advantages as well as the limits of both methods based on the fundamentally different contrast mechanisms are illustrated. Using spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy, further insight in the fine structure of the magnetic configuration of Co(0001) is gained.
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