Element-Specific Study of Magnetic Anisotropy and Hardening in SmCo${}_{5-x}$Cu${}_x$ Thin Films

Georgia Gkouzia, Damian Günzing, Ruiwen Xie +10

This work investigates the effect of copper substitution on the magnetic properties of SmCo${}_5$ thin films synthesized by molecular beam epitaxy. A series of thin films with vary…