MAGNETIC-ANISOTROPY AND INTERLAYER EXCHANGE COUPLING IN FE(110)/AU(111) ULTRATHIN FILMS

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作者
CHAPPERT, C
BRUNO, P
BARTENLIAN, B
BEAUVILLAIN, P
MEGY, R
VEILLET, P
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[1] Institut d'Electronique Fondamentale, CNRS URA 22, Université Paris-Sud, F91405 Orsay Cedex
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10.1016/0304-8853(95)00193-X
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
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By using in situ polar Kerr effect measurements on stepped wedge samples, we have investigated experimentally the magnetic anisotropy at room temperature of a bcc Fe(110) ultrathin film on Au(111), during the first stages of the deposition of an Au overlayer. We observe a maximum in the perpendicular anisotropy around 1 AL of Au coverage, in surprising similarity with previous observations on Co ultrathin films. We have then measured the interlayer exchange coupling through Au(lll) on Au/Fe/Au/Co/Au(111) trilayers. We find evidence for oscillating coupling, with about the same period as in Co/Au(111)/Co structures, but a very different phase.
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