Tailoring perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in ultrathin Co/Pt multilayers coupled to NiO

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 22, 2010, Pages

  Ouyang, H ^a   Han, Y H ^a   Lo, S C ^b   Su, C H ^c   Shiu, Y R ^c   Lin, K W ^c   Desautels, R D ^d   Van Lierop, J ^d  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

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EID: 77956327207     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.224412     Document Type: Article

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