INFLUENCE OF STEPS ON QUANTUM-WELL STATES IN CU/CO(100) MULTILAYERS

被引：16
作者：
ORTEGA, JE [1 ]
HIMPSEL, FJ [1 ]
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[1] IBM CORP,DIV RES,THOMAS J WATSON RES CTR,YORKTOWN HTS,NY 10598
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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS | 1994年 / 64卷 / 01期
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D O I：
10.1063/1.110898
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要：
Interface roughness is known to have a large effect on oscillatory magnetic coupling and giant magnetoresistance in magnetic multilayers, but the origin of this effect is still uncertain. In order to obtain a quantitative measure we have used vicinal Cu/Co(100) interfaces with well-defined step spacing and have determined the amplitude of quantum oscillations in the density of states that are correlated with oscillatory magnetic coupling. For a step spacing of 10 angstrom the oscillation amplitude decreases by a factor of 1.8. This distance correspond to the lateral extent of the quantized states in the film.
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