Structure and magnetic properties of co epitaxial thin films grown on MgO single-crystal substrates

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2519-2522

  Nukaga, Yuri ^a   Ohtake, Mitsuru ^a   Futamoto, Masaaki ^d   Kirino, Fumiyoshi ^b   Fujita, Norihito ^c   Inaba, Nobuyuki ^c  

^a CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS   (Japan)

^c YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Co thin film; Epitaxial growth; FMR; Single crystal substrate

Indexed keywords

COBALT; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; FERROMAGNETIC RESONANCE; FILM GROWTH; MAGNESIA; MAGNETOCRYSTALLINE ANISOTROPY; METALLIC FILMS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; OXIDE MINERALS; PLASTIC FILMS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SUBSTRATES; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; THIN FILMS;

CO THIN FILMS; EPITAXIAL THIN FILMS; IN-PLANE MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF CO; MGO SINGLE CRYSTALS; SINGLE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATES; SINGLE-CRYSTAL FILMS; SUBSTRATE ORIENTATION;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 66549083056     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2009.2018643     Document Type: Article

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