Coverage effects on the magnetism of Fe/MgO(001) ultrathin films

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Martinez Boubeta C ^a   Clavero, C ^a   Garcia Martin J M ^a   Armelles, G ^a   Cebollada, A ^a   Balcells, Ll ^b   Menendez J L ^c   Peiro F ^d   Cornet, A ^d   Toney, Michael F ^e  

^a ISAAC NEWTON GROUP OF TELESCOPES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; MAGNESIUM;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; FILM; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETISM; SIMULATION;

EID: 84856128714     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.014407     Document Type: Article

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