Magnetic antidot to dot crossover in Co and Py nanopatterned thin films

C. Castán-Guerrero,1,2,* J. Herrero-Albillos,1,3,4 J. Bartolomé,1,2 F. Bartolomé,1,2 L. A. Rodrı́guez,5,2,6 C. Magén,5,2,3 F. Kronast,7 P. Gawronski,8 O. Chubykalo-Fesenko,9 K. J. Merazzo,9 P. Vavassori,10 P. Strichovanec,5,2 J. Sesé,5,2 and L. M. Garcı́a1,2 1Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón (ICMA), CSIC Universidad de Zaragoza, E-50009, Zaragoza, Spain 2Departamento de Fı́sica de la Materia Condensada, Universidad de Zaragoza, E-50009, Zaragoza, Spain 3Fundación ARAID, E-50018, Zaragoza, Spain 4Centro Universitario de la Defensa, E-50090, Zaragoza, Spain 5Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragón (INA) and Laboratorio de Microscopı́as Avanzadas (LMA), Universidad de Zaragoza, E-50018, Zaragoza, Spain 6CEMES-CNRS, 29 rue Jeanne Marvig, B.P. 94347, F-31055 Toulouse Cedex, France 7Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, 12489, Berlin, Germany 8Faculty of Physics and Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059, Cracow, Poland 9Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientı́ficas, E-28049, Madrid, Spain 10CIC nanoGUNE Consolider, E-20018, San Sebastian, Spain and IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, E-48011, Bilbao, Spain (Received 25 June 2013; revised manuscript received 6 February 2014; published 4 April 2014)