Electron beam tuning of the magnetic anisotropy in Co/Cu(110) films

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 47, Issue 6 PART 1, 2011, Pages 1554-1558

  Reeve, Robert ^a   Chin, Shin Liang ^a   Kopper, Klaus Peter ^a   Ionescu, Adrian ^a   Barnes, Crispin H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adsorbates; catalysis; magnetic anisotropy; Mott polarimetry; spin reorientation transition

Indexed keywords

ADSORBATES; CATALYSIS; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS; ELECTROSPINNING; ELLIPSOMETRY; GAS ADSORPTION; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; POLARIMETERS; SPIN DYNAMICS; SPIN POLARIZATION; TUNING;

ELECTRON-BEAM EXPOSURE; LOCAL TUNING; MAGNETIZATION DIRECTION; SECONDARY ELECTRONS; SPIN REORIENTATION TRANSITIONS; SPIN-ROTATIONS; SYSTEM DISPLAYS; [110] DIRECTION;

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

EID: 79957839067     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2011.2106484     Document Type: Article

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