Real time structural modification of epitaxial FePt thin films under x-ray rapid thermal annealing using undulator radiation

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 25, 2007, Pages

  Skuza, J R ^a   Lukaszew, R A ^a   Dufresne, E M ^b   Walko, D A ^b   Clavero, C ^c   Cebollada, A ^c   Cionca, C N ^d   Clarke, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCHROMATIC PORTION; SYNCHROTRON UNDULATOR RADIATION; X-RAY RAPID THERMAL ANNEALING (XRTA);

BINARY ALLOYS; DEPOSITION; IRON ALLOYS; MAGNESIA; MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; RAPID THERMAL ANNEALING; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; WIGGLERS;

EPITAXIAL FILMS;

EID: 34547349187     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2749426     Document Type: Article

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