Uniaxial magnetic anisotropy tuned by nanoscale ripple formation: Ion-sculpting of Co/Cu(001) thin films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 762-764

  Sekiba, D ^a   Moroni, R ^a,b   Gonella, G ^a,b   Buatier de Mongeot, F ^a   Boragno, C ^a   Mattera, L ^a,b   Valbusa, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; FILM GROWTH; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; KERR MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECT; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; REMANENCE; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

MAGNETO-OPTIC KERR EFFECT (MOKE) MEASUREMENTS; RIPPLE FORMATION;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 1242264263     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1645317     Document Type: Article

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