Origin of magnetic anisotropy in thin films deposited on step-bunched substrates

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

Volumn 256, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 301-305

  Encinas Oropesa, A ^a,b   Nguyen Van Dau, F ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Magnetic anisotropy; Magnetic device characterisation, design, and modelling; Magnetic devices; Magnetic properties of monolayers and thin films

Indexed keywords

COBALT; DEPOSITION; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETOSTATICS; MONOLAYERS;

STEP-BUNCHING PHENOMENON;

MAGNETIC FILMS;

EID: 0037241122     PISSN: 03048853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-8853(02)00583-8     Document Type: Article

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