Two-step disordering of perpendicularly magnetized ultrathin films

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2247-2250

  Vaterlaus, A ^a   Stamm, C ^a   Maier, U ^a   Pini, M G ^b   Politi, P ^c   Pescia, D ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

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EID: 0000553750     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.2247     Document Type: Article

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