Structural and magnetic properties of magnetron sputtered Co70 Fe30 films on GaAs(110)

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Hindmarch, A T ^a   Suszka, A K ^a   MacKenzie, M ^b   Chapman, J N ^b   Henini, M ^c   Taylor, D ^c   Hickey, B J ^a   Marrows, C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATIONS; GAAS; HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; IN-PLANE MAGNETIC ANISOTROPIES; SPIN INJECTIONS; STONER-WOHLFARTH MODELS; STRUCTURAL AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; UNIAXIAL ANISOTROPY CONSTANTS; X- RAY DIFFRACTIONS;

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EPITAXIAL FILMS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LATTICE MISMATCH; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC THICK FILMS; MOLECULAR BEAMS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SPUTTER DEPOSITION; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

GALLIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 65249117612     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3093875     Document Type: Article

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