Optical, structural, and magnetic properties of cobalt nanostructure thin films

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Schmidt, D ^a   Kjerstad, A C ^a   Hofmann, T ^a   Skomski, R ^a   Schubert, E ^a   Schubert, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC OPTICAL CONSTANTS; ANISOTROPIC OPTICAL PROPERTIES; COERCIVE FIELD; COLUMNAR THIN FILMS; GEOMETRICAL STRUCTURE; GLANCING ANGLE DEPOSITION; LONG AXIS; MAGNETIC MEASUREMENTS; NANOCOIL; NANOSTRUCTURE THIN FILMS; OBLIQUE ANGLES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCULPTURED THIN FILMS; SPECTRAL RANGE; STRONG FORM; SUBSTRATE ROTATION; SUPERCONDUCTING QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICE;

ANISOTROPY; BIREFRINGENCE; COBALT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL CONSTANTS; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICES; ROTATION; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY; SUBSTRATES; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 67649513662     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3138809     Document Type: Article

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