Magnetic properties of transition-metal multilayers studied with X-ray magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy

IBM Journal of Research and Development

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-88

  Stohr J ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k}   Nakajima, R ^i,l  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^g EXXON Corp Res Science Laboratory   (United States)

^h Magnetic Mat and Phenomena Dept   (United States)

ⁱ Stanford University   (United States)

^j UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^k AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

^l PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; IRON; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIC THIN FILMS; MAGNETOMETERS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

TRANSITION METAL MULTILAYERS; X RAY MAGNETIC CIRCULAR DICHROISM SPECTROSCOPY;

METALLIC SUPERLATTICES;

EID: 0031606685     PISSN: 00188646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/rd.421.0073     Document Type: Article

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