Interlayer segregation in magnetic multilayers and its influence on exchange coupling

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 94-96

  Yu, G H ^a   Li, M H ^a   Zhu, F W ^a   Jiang, H W ^b   Lai, W Y ^b   Chai, C L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE ENERGY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS; MAGNETOMETERS; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; MICROSTRUCTURE; MULTILAYERS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EXCHANGE COUPLING;

MAGNETIC THIN FILMS;

EID: 0037421386     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1533121     Document Type: Article

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