MICROSCOPIC ORIGIN OF MAGNETIC-ANISOTROPY IN AU/CO/AU PROBED WITH X-RAY MAGNETIC CIRCULAR-DICHROISM

被引:353
作者
WELLER, D
STOHR, J
NAKAJIMA, R
CARL, A
SAMANT, MG
CHAPPERT, C
MEGY, R
BEAUVILLAIN, P
VEILLET, P
HELD, GA
机构
[1] STANFORD UNIV, DEPT MAT SCI, STANFORD, CA 94305 USA
[2] UNIV PARIS 11, INST ELECTR FONDAMENTALE, CNRS, UA 22, F-91405 ORSAY, FRANCE
[3] IBM CORP, DIV RES, TJ WATSON RES CTR, YORKTOWN HTS, NY 10598 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.3752
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O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
High-field, angle-dependent x-ray magnetic circular dichroism measurements on a Au/Costaircase/Au structure reveal an anisotropy in the dichroism intensities parallel and perpendicular to the him plane. The size of this effect is related to the anisotropies of the spin density within the Wigner-Seitz cell and of the orbital magnetic moment, both increasing with decreasing Co thickness. The orbital moment anisotropy is shown to be the microscopic origin of the magnetocrystalline energy anisotropy.
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页码:3752 / 3755
页数:4
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