Oscillatory Magnetic Anisotropy and Quantum Well States in CuCoCu(100) Films
- 29 April 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 76 (18) , 3424-3427
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.76.3424
Abstract
The magnetic anisotropy of Co films grown on stepped Cu(100) substrates is found to oscillate with varying Cu overlayer thickness. We relate these oscillations to the occurrence of quantum well states in the Cu overlayer.Keywords
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