Electrical resistivity and magnetism of Fe/Si multilayers prepared by oblique incidence evaporation

We discussed the origin of the uniaxial magnetic anisotropy of the Fe/Si multilayered films prepared by varying oblique evaporation angle from the view of electric resistance. The tendency in the incidence angle dependence of the uniaxial magnetic anisotropy is in agreement with that of the angle dependence of the electric resistance ratio. The origin of the magnetic anisotropy seems to be due to anisotropic arrangement of atoms in the film.