PREDICTION AND CONFIRMATION OF PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC-ANISOTROPY IN CO/NI MULTILAYERS

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作者
DAALDEROP, GHO
KELLY, PJ
DENBROEDER, FJA
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[1] Philips Research Laboratories
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.682
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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On the basis of first-principles (local-spin-density-approximation) calculations of the magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy we have predicted a perpendicular orientation of the magnetization in a [111]fcc Co1/Ni2 multilayer. This multilayer was then grown by vapor deposition and found to have the predicted properties. The saturation magnetization of 1 T is much larger than that of known magnetic multilayers with perpendicular anisotropy.
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