Interface stability in CoFe and CoFeB based multilayers

Superlattices and Microstructures

Volumn 41, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 122-126

  Pym, A T G ^a   Lamperti, A ^a   Cardoso, S ^b   Freitas, P P ^b   Tanner, B K ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INESC   (Portugal)

Author keywords

CoFe; CoFeB; Grazing incidence x ray scattering; Interface roughness; Interface stability; Magnetic tunnel junction; Multilayers

Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATINGS; CRYSTALLIZATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MULTILAYERS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; X RAY SCATTERING;

DIFFUSE SCATTERING; GRAZING INCIDENCE X RAY SCATTERING; KIESSIG FRINGE VISIBILITY; MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION;

COBALT COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34248578808     PISSN: 07496036     EISSN: 10963677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spmi.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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