Structural, magnetic, and spectroscopic magneto-optical properties aspects of Pt-Co multilayers with intentionally alloyed layers

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 7662-7669

  Poulopoulos, P ^a   Angelakeris, M ^b   Papaioannou, E Th ^b   Flevaris, N K ^b   Niarchos, D ^c   Nyvlt, M ^d   Prosser, V ^d   Visnovsky, S ^d   Mueller, Ch ^e   Fumagalli, P ^e   Wilhelm, F ^f   Rogalev, A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^f EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; CORROSION; EVAPORATION; GLASS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; MULTILAYERS; OXIDATION; PHOTONS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; POLYIMIDES; SILICON; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

INTERFACIAL ALLOYING; SPIN POLARIZATION;

PLATINUM;

EID: 0346280183     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1629156     Document Type: Article

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