Domain structure in (NiFe/Au/Co/Au)10 multilayers with perpendicular anisotropy of Co layers

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 231-234

  Szymanski B ^a   Mazalski, P ^b   Urbaniak, M ^a   Stobiecki, F ^a   Maziewski, A ^b   Pizzini, S ^c   MacCherozzi, F ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Depth selectivity; Magnetic domains; Magnetostatic coupling; Multilayer films

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BINARY ALLOYS; COBALT; DICHROISM; GOLD; IRON ALLOYS; IRON METALLOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC MULTILAYERS; MULTILAYER FILMS; NICKEL METALLOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

DEPTH SELECTIVITY; DOMAIN STRUCTURE; EASY-PLANE ANISOTROPY; MAGNETO-STATIC COUPLINGS; PERPENDICULAR ANISOTROPY; PHOTOEMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVE METHOD; SOFT X-RAY MAGNETIC CIRCULAR DICHROISM;

COBALT METALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 76249085630     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2009.2032521     Document Type: Article

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