TY - JOUR
T1 - HREM study of the `orange-peel' effect in spin valves
AU - Portier, X.
AU - Petford-Long, A. K.
AU - Bayle-Guillemaud, P.
AU - Anthony, T. C.
AU - Brug, J. A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study has been supported by Hewlett-Packard Laboratories in Palo Alto in collaboration with the Department of Materials at the University of Oxford. XP is grateful to E. Yu Tsymbal for many discussions. AKPL wishes to thank the Royal Society for financial support.
PY - 1999/6/1
Y1 - 1999/6/1
N2 - Spin-valve microstructure has been studied by means of high-resolution electron microscopy. The investigation has focused on the waviness of the interfaces between the nonmagnetic and adjacent ferromagnetic layers in order to estimate the magnetostatic coupling termed the `orange peel' effect. Numerical analysis of the high-resolution electron micrographs has enabled quantitative data on the interface waviness and thus on the magnetostatic coupling to be obtained.
AB - Spin-valve microstructure has been studied by means of high-resolution electron microscopy. The investigation has focused on the waviness of the interfaces between the nonmagnetic and adjacent ferromagnetic layers in order to estimate the magnetostatic coupling termed the `orange peel' effect. Numerical analysis of the high-resolution electron micrographs has enabled quantitative data on the interface waviness and thus on the magnetostatic coupling to be obtained.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0304-8853(98)01032-4
DO - 10.1016/S0304-8853(98)01032-4
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:0032673189
VL - 198
SP - 110
EP - 112
JO - Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
JF - Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
SN - 0304-8853
T2 - Proceedings of the 1998 3rd International Symposium on Metallic Multilayers (MML-98)
Y2 - 14 June 1998 through 19 June 1998
ER -