Published May 15, 1990
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Journal article
Quenching of the Hopkinson maximum under contamination in the system Gd(0001)/W(110)
Creators
- 1. Departamento de Fisica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Oviedo, E-33007 Oviedo, Spain (Spain)
- 2. Centro de Investigacion en Ciencias Basicas, Universidad de Colima, 28000 Colima, Colima (Mexico)
Description
The anomalous Hopkinson maximum is observed in Gd(0001) thin films at 289±1 K. This value lies about 3 K below the bulk Curie temperature. The incoherent rotations of the magnetization, which may cause the Hopkinson effect, are quenched by the contamination of the samples. The signal attenuation at 289 K after contaminating a film 80 nm thick is found to be AV∼-15.4 dB. In our observations, the sharpness of the maximum seems to be in itself a good monitor of the cleanliness of the Gd films
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter
- Journal Volume
- 41
- Journal Issue
- 15
- Series
- Phys. Rev., B: Condens. Matter.
- Journal Page Range
- 10859-10861
- ISSN
- 0163-1829
- CODEN
- PRBMD
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 21074386
- Subject category
- S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
- Descriptors DEI
- CONTAMINATION; CURIE POINT; GADOLINIUM; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MEDIUM TEMPERATURE; QUENCHING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THIN FILMS; TUNGSTEN
- Descriptors DEC
- ELEMENTS; FILMS; HEAT TREATMENTS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; METALS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RARE EARTHS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE