DYNAMICS OF COUPLED 2-DIMENSIONAL CU(MN) SPIN-GLASS FILMS

Time-dependent susceptibility measurements have been performed on multilayered two-dimensional (2D) 40-angstrom-wide Cu0.865Mn0.135 spin-glass films, separated by Cu interlayers of width 10 < w(il) < 1200 angstrom. It is found that samples with w(il) < 30 angstrom display 3D dynamic behavior. For 30 < w(il) < 600 angstrom a gradual decoupling of the spin-glass layers occurs, and for w(il) greater-than-or-equal-to 600 angstrom typical 2D behavior is observed. The effect of a finite interlayer coupling on the dynamic susceptibility is a distinct crossover from 2D dynamic behavior at short observation times to 3D dynamic behavior at long times. A clear influence on the spin-glass dynamics is still observable for interlayer thicknesses of order 500 angstrom; i.e., multilayered spin-glass films are extremely sensitive probes of the effective range of Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida interaction mediated via metallic interlayers. The results also yield information on the relation between time scale and length scale in relaxation experiments, a fundamental concept of domain theories of the spin-glass phase.