@inproceedings{a319650ca9ac4507937b1daba116afa8,
title = "The effect of oxygen as a surfactant on thermal stability in CoFe/Cu multilayers",
abstract = "In this paper, the effect of annealing on the films grown with and without oxygen is likely to be related to the way in which the oxygen acts as a surfactant, which by reducing surface diffusion, leads to layers that are further from equilibrium before annealing. The films deposited in Ar+O2 have an enhanced MR ratio. GMR curves for the films after annealing at 300°C for 0.5 hours. The annealing has led to a decrease in the GMR ratio, with the decrease being greater for the Ar+O2 and b) Ar. For the Ar+O2 film, annealing has reduced the saturation magnetisation and increased the proportion of ferromagnetic coupling, which will lead to decrease in MR ratio. The changes to the transport and magnetic properties can be explained by changes to the microstructure during annealing.",
keywords = "Annealing, Argon, Drives, Magnetic materials, Magnetic multilayers, Nonhomogeneous media, Oxygen, Saturation magnetization, Thermal stability, X-ray scattering",
author = "Petford-Long, {A. K.} and Larson, {D. J.} and A. Cerezo and Ma, {Y. Q.} and Brown, {H. L.} and Yi, {J. Y.} and Grove, {R. K.} and A. Morrone",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2003 IEEE.; 2003 IEEE International Magnetics Conference, Intermag 2003 ; Conference date: 30-03-2003 Through 03-04-2003",
year = "2003",
doi = "10.1109/INTMAG.2003.1230763",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Intermag 2003 - Program of the 2003 IEEE International Magnetics Conference",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
booktitle = "Intermag 2003 - Program of the 2003 IEEE International Magnetics Conference",
address = "United States",
}