Oscillatory interlayer exchange coupling in [Pt/Co]n/NiO/[Co/Pt] n multilayers with perpendicular anisotropy: Dependence on NiO and Pt layer thicknesses

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 22, 2004, Pages

  Liu, Z Y ^a   Yue, Lanping ^a   Keavney, D J ^b   Adenwalla, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; NICKEL; OXIDE; PLATINUM;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETISM; MICROSCOPY; OSCILLATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THICKNESS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 13944270591     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.224423     Document Type: Article

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