Superparamagnetic behavior of ultrathin Fe films grown on Al 2O 3(0001) substrates

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 7675-7679

  Shiratsuchi, Yu ^a   Yamamoto, Masahiko ^a   Endo, Yasushi ^a   Li, Dongqi ^b   Bader, S D ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCKING TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC INTERACTIONS;

ALUMINA; ANNEALING; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC STORAGE; MAGNETIC THICK FILMS; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETOMETERS; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

IRON;

EID: 0348195867     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1628408     Document Type: Article

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