Structure and Magnetism of MBE-Grown Co/Cu Multilayers |
| L.T. Baczewski, A. Wawro, J. Domagała, J. Pełka, A. Szewczyk and A. Nabiałek Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland |
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| Structural and magnetic properties of Co/Cu multilayers deposited in the ultra-high vacuum molecular beam epitaxy system on glass substrates with different modulations periods were investigated. A structural characterization was performed by means of RHEED and Auger spectroscopy (in situ), small angle X-ray reflectivity and scanning tunneling microscopy. The samples obtained have a textured, polycrystalline layered structure for deposition at room temperature. Magnetization and in-plane magnetoresistance measurements were performed as a function of Cu and Co layer thicknesses. An influence of different buffers and of interface quality on magnetic properties was investigated. |
| DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.91.315 PACS numbers: 75.30.-m, 75.30.Gw, 75.70.-i |