Suppression of the face-centered-cubic-hexagonal-close-packed stacking fault in Co/Cu(111) ultrathin films by pulsed laser deposition
- 13 January 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 74 (3) , 425-427
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.123049
Abstract
The thermal deposition of Co onto Cu(111) results in three-dimensional island growth and a face-centered-cubic-hexagonal-close-packed stacking fault, which hinders a complete antiferromagnetic coupling in Co/Cu(111) superlattices. We report that Co/Cu(111) films can be grown with good layer-by-layer morphology and significantly less stacking faults by pulsed laser deposition. We show that a complete antiferromagnetic coupling can be achieved in the pulsed laser deposited Co/Cu trilayer.Keywords
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