Studies of the magnetic anisotropies of Co(1100)/Cr(211) and Co(1120)/Cr(100) multilayers

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 8 PART 2A, 1996, Pages 4790-4792

  Huang, J C A ^a   Tang, F C ^a   Fang, W W ^a   Liu, R L ^a   Hu, Y M ^a   Lo, C K ^b   Liou, Y ^b   Yao, Y D ^b   Yang, W T ^b   Chang, C P ^b   Liao, S Y ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0005247523     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.361674     Document Type: Article

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