Controlled magnetic roughness in a multilayer that has been patterned using a nanosphere array

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Langridge, Sean ^a   Michez, L A ^b,f   Ali, M ^b   Marrows, C H ^b   Hickey, B J ^b   Charlton, T R ^c,g   Dalgliesh, R M ^a   Toohey, M ^d   Hill, E W ^d   McFadzean, S ^e   Chapman, J N ^e  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^f AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^g RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33745932669     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.014417     Document Type: Article

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