EVIDENCE FOR OSCILLATIONS IN THE INTERLAYER COUPLING OF FE FILMS ACROSS CR FILMS FROM SPIN-WAVES AND M(H) CURVES

被引:104
作者
DEMOKRITOV, S [1 ]
WOLF, JA [1 ]
GRUNBERG, P [1 ]
机构
[1] IFF,FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM,W-5170 JULICH,GERMANY
来源
EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1991年 / 15卷 / 08期
关键词
MAGNETISM IN INTERFACE STRUCTURES (INC LAYER AND SUPERLATTICE STRUCTURES); INTERFACIAL MAGNETIC PROPERTIES;
D O I
10.1209/0295-5075/15/8/013
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
By means of light scattering from spin waves and magneto-optical Kerr measurements we investigated the exchange interaction of two Fe films across a Cr film as a function of the Cr thickness d(Cr). Using good-quality epitaxial samples with a special wedge geometry of the interspacer we observed up to four full periods of the long-range oscillations of the exchange, including its ferromagnetic parts. The decay of the oscillations does not follow the d(Cr)-2-dependence predicted by classical two-dimensional RKKY-type theory. A fine structure in the first antiferromagnetic region is also observed.
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页码:881 / 886
页数:6
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