Interlayer exchange coupling in Co/Cu/Co films

Physics of Metals and Metallography

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 360-367

  Samardak, A S ^a   Kharitonskii, P V ^a   Vorob'ev, Yu D ^a   Chebotkevich, L A ^a  

^a FAR EASTERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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