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Effects of Interface Intermixing on the Magnetic Interlayer Coupling

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After the discovery of the oscillatory magnetic interlayer coupling between ferromagnetic films separated by a paramagnetic spacer1,2 these sandwiched systems have been a subject of intense research. There have been many attempts to explain the magnetic interlayer coupling and a great number of theoretical and experimental studies have been performed3,4.

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    A. M. N. Niklasson, I. A. Abrikosov, S. Mirbt & B. Johansson

  2. Center for Atomic-scale Materials Physics and Physics Department, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark

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Niklasson, A.M.N., Abrikosov, I.A., Mirbt, S., Skriver, H.L., Johansson, B. (1997). Effects of Interface Intermixing on the Magnetic Interlayer Coupling. In: Gonis, A., Meike, A., Turchi, P.E.A. (eds) Properties of Complex Inorganic Solids. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5943-6_31

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