Table 1 Calculated MAE values (erg/cm2) for different structures.

From: Origin of interfacial perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in MgO/CoFe/metallic capping layer structures

X

CoFe surface

MgO/CoFe interface

CoFe/X interface

Sum of MAE in two interfaces

MgO/CoFe/X structure

Ru

0.41

0.57

0.52

1.09

0.98

Ta

0.41

0.57

1.13

1.70

1.77

Hf

0.41

0.57

1.65

2.22

2.28

  1. The second last column shows the sum from the MAE at the MgO/CoFe interface and CoFe/X interface, where X includes Ru, Ta and Hf.
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