Published June 20, 1992
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Journal article
Short-period oscillations of the magnetic coupling of epitaxial grown Fe/Mo/Fe sandwiches on Mo(100)
Creators
- 1. Material Science Div., Argonne National Lab., Argonne, IL (United States)
Description
In this paper epitaxial Fe/Mo/Fe sandwiches grown onto a Mo(100) single crystal are characterized in situ by electron diffraction and the magneto-optic Kerr effect. The intervening Mo layer is wedge shaped to facilitate the study of the magnetic coupling between the two (14-monolayer thick) Fe films as a function of Mo thickness. The exchange coupling between the Fe films across Mo was found to exhibit oscillatory behavior between antiferromagnetic (AF) and ferromagnetic coupling with a periodicity of ∼3 ML of Mo. The shape of the hysteresis loop of the AF-coupled samples was calculated from a simple n/model that reproduces most of the experimental features
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Modern Physics Letters B
- Journal Volume
- 6
- Journal Issue
- 14
- Journal Page Range
- p. 839-850.
- ISSN
- 0217-9849
- CODEN
- MPLBET
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 24014195
- Subject category
- S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; DIAGRAMS; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; EPITAXY; EXCHANGE INTERACTIONS; FERROMAGNETISM; FILMS; HYSTERESIS; IN-SITU PROCESSING; INSTABILITY; INTERFACES; IRON; KERR EFFECT; MOLYBDENUM; MONOCRYSTALS; OSCILLATIONS; THICKNESS
- Descriptors DEC
- COHERENT SCATTERING; CRYSTAL GROWTH METHODS; CRYSTALS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DIFFRACTION; DIMENSIONS; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; ELEMENTS; INFORMATION; INTERACTIONS; MAGNETISM; METALS; ORE PROCESSING; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SCATTERING; TRANSITION ELEMENTS