Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and domain structure of L10-ordered FePt films fabricated by monatomic layer control

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 38, Issue 5 I, 2002, Pages 2791-2793

  Shima, T ^a   Moriguchi, T ^a   Mitani, S ^a   Takanashi, K ^a   Ito, H ^b   Ishio, S ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Domain structure; FePt alloy; L10 ordered structure; Monatomic layer deposition; Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; IRON ALLOYS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIZATION; METALLIC SUPERLATTICES; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

MONATOMIC LAYERS;

METALLIC FILMS;

EID: 0036762125     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.803102     Document Type: Article

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