OSCILLATORY MAGNETIC-ANISOTROPY AND QUANTUM-WELL STATES IN CU CO/CU(100) FILMS/

Authors
WEBER W BISCHOF A ALLENSPACH R WURSCH C BACK CH PESCIA D
Citation
W. Weber et al., OSCILLATORY MAGNETIC-ANISOTROPY AND QUANTUM-WELL STATES IN CU CO/CU(100) FILMS/, Physical review letters, 76(18), 1996, pp. 3424-3427
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
76
Issue
18
Year of publication
1996
Pages
3424 - 3427
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1996)76:18<3424:OMAQSI>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The magnetic anisotropy of Co films grown on stepped Cu(100) substrate s is found to oscillate with varying Cu overlayer thickness. We relate these oscillations to the occurrence of quantum well states in the Cu overlayer.