Investigation of interface magnetic moment of FeGe multilayer: A neutron reflectivity study

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Singh, Surendra ^a   Basu, Saibal ^a   Gupta, Mukul ^b,d   Vedpathakz, Mahesh ^c,e   Kodama, R H ^c  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY   (India)

^e Vidya Pratishthan's School of Biotechnology   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MULTILAYERS; NEUTRON REFLECTION; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; REFLECTOMETERS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

INTERFACE ROUGHNESS; STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS; UNPOLARIZED NEUTRON REFLECTOMETRY; X RAY REFLECTOMETRY;

IRON ALLOYS;

EID: 33847157846     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2450680     Document Type: Article

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