Experimental confirmation of quantum oscillations of magnetic anisotropy in Co/Cu(001)

The effect of quantum well states on the magnetic anisotropy of Co films grown on vicinal Cu(001) substrates was studied by in situ magneto-optic Kerr effect in a temperature range of 5 K to 365 K. The uniaxial magnetic anisotropy is found to oscillate as a function of Co thickness with a period of...

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Main Authors: Dabrowski, M., Przybylski, M., Kirschner, J., Bauer, Uwe
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Physical Society (APS) 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69139
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9998-7276