Enhanced uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in Fe31 Co69 thin films on GaAs(001)

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Bianco, F ^a   Bouchon, P ^a   Sousa, M ^a   Salis, G ^a   Alvarado, S F ^a  

^a IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ANNEALING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EPITAXIAL FILMS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; GALLIUM ALLOYS; KERR MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECT; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; MAGNETS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SUBSTRATES; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; THICK FILMS; THIN FILMS;

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; EASY AXIS; FERROMAGNET; GAAS(001); GAAS(001) SUBSTRATE; HYSTERESIS CURVES; INTERFACE ATOMS; MAGNETOELASTIC EFFECTS; PERPENDICULAR ANISOTROPIES; POSTGROWTH ANNEALING; QUASILINEAR; RAY GRAZINGS; SEMICONDUCTOR INTERFACES; STRAIN CHANGES; STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS; THIN EPITAXIAL FILMS; UNIAXIAL MAGNETIC ANISOTROPIES;

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

EID: 55249096028     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2998973     Document Type: Article

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