UNIAXIAL ANISOTROPY IN EPITAXIAL COBALT FILMS GROWN ON CU(113)

Authors
OEPEN HP BERGER A SCHNEIDER CM REUL T KIRSCHNER J
Citation
Hp. Oepen et al., UNIAXIAL ANISOTROPY IN EPITAXIAL COBALT FILMS GROWN ON CU(113), Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials, 121(1-3), 1993, pp. 490-493
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science","Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials → ACNP
ISSN journal
03048853
Volume
121
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
490 - 493
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-8853(1993)121:1-3<490:UAIECF>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Ultrathin epitaxial Co films grown on a Cu(1113) vicinal surface are s hown to exhibit in-plane uniaxial magnetic anisotropy with the easy ax is of magnetization parallel to the step edges. Along the easy axis th e room temperature coercivity is in the range of a few Oe, depending o n the film thickness, whereas along the hard axis no magnetic field ef fect in the Kerr signal could be observed up to 130 Oe.