Temperature-driven spin reorientation transition in CoPt/AlN multilayer films

Journal of Nanomaterials

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Cai, Wupeng ^a   Muraishi, Shinji ^b   Shi, Ji ^b   Nakamura, Yoshio ^b   Liu, Wei ^a   Yu, Ronghai ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IN-PLANE DIRECTION; IN-PLANE MAGNETIZATION; INTERFACE ANISOTROPY; MAGNETOELASTIC EFFECTS; MEAN FIELD MODELS; OUT-OF-PLANE; SPIN REORIENTATION TRANSITIONS; STRESS STATE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

MEAN FIELD THEORY; MULTILAYER FILMS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

ANISOTROPY;

EID: 84863771924     PISSN: 16874110     EISSN: 16874129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/814162     Document Type: Article

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