In situ Brillouin scattering study of the thickness dependence of magnetic anisotropy in uncovered and Cu-covered Fe/GaAs(100) ultrathin films

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 14, 2004, Pages

  Madami, M ^a   Tacchi, S ^a   Carlotti, G ^a   Gubbiotti, G ^b   Stamps, R L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; IRON;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; FILM; LIGHT SCATTERING; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; THICKNESS;

EID: 42749098746     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.144408     Document Type: Article

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