Epitaxial Growth of Metallic Structures

How to use oxygen and atomic hydrogen to prepare atomically flat fcc Co(110) films

“…Ultrathin layers of ferromagnetic materials exhibit extraordinary magnetic properties [1,2] which can be exploited for technical applications [3]. In particular, layered structures (socalled superlattices) of ferromagnetic and nonmagnetic materials can show the effect of giant magnetoresistance (GMR) [4,5], i.e.…”

A practical guide to pulsed laser deposition

“…The theoretical foundation for the method of operation in RHEED, and indeed the requirement to use the instrument to its full potential, is beyond the scope of this tutorial series due to its complexity. As such, we will omit the majority of this theoretical basis in this tutorial and direct the readers to the works of Bland and Heinrich, 68 Braun, 69 and Wang and Lu 70 in order to better understand the fundamental principles of the technique. In RHEED, four key pieces of information can be obtained in situ :…”

Study on the critical properties of thin magnetic films using the clock model

“…where Φ i are the angles corresponding to the maximum of anisotropic term in the Hamiltonian (1), i.e. 1 . Then formula (13) becomes…”

“…During the last 40 years, physics of materials of nanometric size have attracted a wide interest. This is due to important applications in industry [1,2]. An example is the so-called giant magneto-resistance (GMR) used in data storage devices, magnetic sensors… [3][4][5][6].…”