Influence of steps on quantum well states in Cu/Co(100) multilayers
- 3 January 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 64 (1), 121-123
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.110898
Abstract
Interface roughness is known to have a large effect on oscillatory magnetic coupling and giant magnetoresistance in magnetic multilayers, but the origin of this effect is still uncertain. In order to obtain a quantitative measure we have used vicinal Cu/Co(100) interfaces with well‐defined step spacing and have determined the amplitude of quantum oscillations in the density of states that are correlated with oscillatory magnetic coupling. For a step spacing of 10 Å the oscillation amplitude decreases by a factor of 1.8. This distance corresponds to the lateral extent of the quantized states in the film.Keywords
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