Asymmetric interfacial perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in pt/co/pt trilayers

IEEE Magnetics Letters

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bandiera, S ^a   Sousa, R R ^a   Rodmacq, B B ^a   Dieny, B ^a  

^a UMR 8191   (France)

Author keywords

Co Pt multilayers; interdiffusion; interface phenomena; metallic multilayers; perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; Spin electronics; sputtering

Indexed keywords

CO/PT MULTILAYER; INTERFACE PHENOMENA; METALLIC MULTILAYERS; PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; SPIN ELECTRONIC;

COBALT; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MULTILAYERS; SPUTTERING;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 84856951605     PISSN: 1949307X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMAG.2011.2174032     Document Type: Article

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