Effect of MgO barriers on ferromagnetic metallic layers studied by polarized neutron reflectivity

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Laloe J B ^a   Ionescu, A ^a   Easton, S ^a   Steinke, N J ^a   Hayward, T J ^a   Kurebayashi, H ^a   Bland, J A C ^a   Charlton, T R ^b   Dalgliesh, R M ^b   Langridge, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; EVAPORATION; IRON; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETISM; MIXING; MOISTURE; MOLECULAR BEAMS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; NEUTRONS; NONMETALS; OXYGEN; POWDERS; REFLECTION; STOICHIOMETRY; TUNNELS; VAPORS;

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS (AIP); ATOMIC INTERMIXING; FERROMAGNETIC METALLIC (FMM); GROWTH METHOD; MAGNETIC (CE); POLARIZED NEUTRON REFLECTIVITY (PNR); TUNNEL BARRIERS; TUNNEL LAYER;

MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY;

EID: 47249149230     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2957028     Document Type: Article

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