Growth conditions to optimize chemical order and magnetic properties in molecular-beam-epitaxy-grown CoPt/MgO(001) thin films

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2987-2995

  Ersen, O ^a   Parasote, V ^a   Pierron Bohnes, V ^a   Cadeville, M C ^a   Ulhaq Bouillet, C ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COBALT COMPOUNDS; COERCIVE FORCE; FILM GROWTH; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY;

MAGNETOCRYSTALLINE ANISOTROPY ENERGY;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 0037352390     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1538319     Document Type: Article

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