The magnetic anisotropy of Co films grown on stepped Cu(100) substrates is found to oscillate with varying Cu overlayer thickness. We relate these oscillations to the occurrence of quantum well states in the Cu overlayer.
By: W. Weber, A. Bischof, R. Allenspach, Ch. Wuersch (ETH, Zurich, Switz.), C. H. Back (ETH, Zurich, Switz.) and D. Pescia (ETH, Zurich, Switz.)
Published in: Physical Review Letters, volume 76, (no 18), pages 3424-7 in 1996
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