Magnetic anisotropy and its microstructural origin in epitaxially grown smco thin films

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 34, Issue 4 PART 1, 1998, Pages 1204-1206

  Benaissa, Mohamed ^a,d   Krishnan, Kaiman M ^a,c,d   Fullerton, Eric E ^a,c,d   Jiang, J S ^a,b,c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c National Institute for Nuclear Res (IKIN)   (Mexico)

^d IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Coercivity; Epitaxy; Hard magnet; Microstructure; Pinning; Samarium cobalt; Thin film

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COERCIVE FORCE; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MAGNESIA; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETS; METALLIC FILMS; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; SAMARIUM ALLOYS;

INTERGRANULAR EXCHANGE INTERACTIONS;

MAGNETIC THIN FILMS;

EID: 0032121177     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.706494     Document Type: Article

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