Observation of antiparallel magnetic order in weakly coupled Co/Cu multilayers

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 2796-2799

  Borchers, J A ^a   Dura, J A ^a   Unguris, J ^a   Tulchinsky, D ^a   Kelley, M H ^a   Majkrzak, C F ^a   Hsu, S Y ^b   Loloee, R ^b   Pratt, W P ^b   Bass, J ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; COERCIVE FORCE; COPPER; DEMAGNETIZATION; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETORESISTANCE; METALLIC FILMS; METALLIC SUPERLATTICES; MULTILAYERS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NEUTRON REFLECTION;

MAGNETIC MULTILAYERS; POLARIZED NEUTRON REFLECTOMETRY (PNR);

MAGNETIC THIN FILMS;

EID: 0032607878     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.2796     Document Type: Article

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