Quantum-well theory of the exchange coupling in magnetic multilayers with application to Co/Cu/Co(001)

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 11797-11809

  Mathon, J ^a   Villeret, Murielle ^a   Umerski, A ^a   Muniz, R ^b   d'Albuquerque e Castro J ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

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EID: 0000571832     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.56.11797     Document Type: Article

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