Layer selective magnetic moment distribution in an epitaxial double spin valve structure: Si(001)/Cu/FeNi/Cu/Co/Cu/FeNi/Cu

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 35, Issue 5 PART 2, 1999, Pages 3847-3849

  Choi, B C ^a,b,c   Samad, A ^a,b,c   Lee, W Y ^a,b,c   Langridge, S ^a,b,c   Penfold, J ^a,b,c   Bland, J A C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetic films and multilayers; Polarised neutron reflectivity

Indexed keywords

COBALT; COERCIVE FORCE; COPPER; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; IRON ALLOYS; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MULTILAYERS; NEUTRON REFLECTION; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SILICON;

EPITAXIAL DOUBLE SPIN VALVE STRUCTURES; LAYER SELECTIVE MAGNETIC MOMENT DISTRIBUTION; POLARIZED NEUTRON REFLECTIVITY (PNR);

MAGNETIC FILMS;

EID: 0033184423     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.800685     Document Type: Article

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