Effect of strain on the magnetic anisotropy of Co in Cu/Co/Ni/Cu/Si(001) epitaxial structures

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 35, Issue 5 PART 2, 1999, Pages 3850-3852

  Vaz, C A F ^a,b   Lauhoff, G ^a,b   Lee, J ^a,b   Bland, J A C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Toyota Tsusho Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magnetic anisotropy; Magnetoelastic effects; Strain; Thin films

Indexed keywords

COBALT; COPPER; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; ELASTICITY; KERR MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECT; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETOMETERS; NICKEL; REFLECTION HIGH ENERGY ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; SILICON; STRAIN;

MAGNETOELASTIC EFFECTS; POLAR MAGNETOOPTICAL KERR EFFECT (MOKE) MAGNETOMETRY;

MAGNETIC THIN FILMS;

EID: 0033183891     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.800686     Document Type: Article

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