Magnetic Thin Films, Multilayers and Superlattices

Invited Papers: 1. Growth and Structure. Influence of the growth conditions on the magnetic properties of fcc cobalt films: from monolayers to superlattices (J.J. De Miguel et al.). 2. Interlayer Coupling and Magnetoresistance. Layered magnetic structures: antiferromagnetic type interlayer coupling and magnetoresistance due to antiparallel alignment (P. Gr..unberg et al.). Theory of magnetoresistance in magnetic superlattices (P.M. Levy, S.F. Zhang). 3. Magnetic Domains and Structural Characterizations. Scanning electron microscopy with polarization analysis (SEMPA) - studies of domains, domain walls and magnetic singularities at surfaces and in thin films (M.R. Scheinfein et al.). Magnetic domain structure in ultrathin cobalt films (H.P. Oepen). 4. Magneto-Optic, Light Scattering and Magnetic Processes. Spectroscopy of multilayers for magneto-optic storage (D. Weller et al.). Magnetic and structural properties of Co/Pt multilayers (C.-J. Lin et al.). 5. Ultrathin Structures. Magnetic properties of ultrathin epitaxial films of iron (C. Liu, S.D. Bader). Spin-orbit induced orbital angular momentum in monolayers (J.G. Gay, R. Richter). Magnetization, coercive forces and magnetoresistance in simple and double Co films with perpendicular magnetization (C. Chappert et al.). 6. Magnetic Devices. Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors and Multilayered Structures. Multilayered films of nitride alloys as magnetic head materials (H. Sakakima et al.). New diluted magnetic semiconductors based on III-V compounds (S. Von Molnar et al.). 7. Spectroscopy. Spin-polarised neutron reflection studies of epitaxial films (J.A.C. Bland et al.). Time-resolved photoemission spectroscopy on ferromagnetic surfaces and thin films (F. Meier et al.). 8. Anisotropy. Magnetic anisotropy of multilayers (F.J.A. Den Broeder et al.). Phenomenology of anisotropy in the ferromagnetism of ultrathin films (A.S. Arrott, B. Heinrich). Author index. Subject index.