Influence of capping layers on CoFeB anisotropy and damping

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Natarajarathinam, A ^a,b   Tadisina, Z R ^a,c   Mewes, T ^a   Watts, S ^d   Chen, E ^d   Gupta, S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b The Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics Department   (United States)

^c University of Alabama   (United States)

^d Grandis Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND FERROMAGNETIC RESONANCE; CAPPED SAMPLES; CAPPING LAYER; FERROMAGNETIC LAYERS; FREE LAYERS; GILBERT DAMPING PARAMETER; INTERFACE ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC BEHAVIOR; MAGNETICALLY DEAD LAYER; MGO; PERPENDICULAR ANISOTROPY; PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; POST DEPOSITION ANNEALING;

ANISOTROPY; DAMPING; FERROMAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

COBALT COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84866414179     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4749412     Document Type: Conference Paper

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