Three-dimensional noncollinear antiferromagnetic order in single-crystalline FeMn ultrathin films

被引：59

作者：

Kuch, W ^{[1
]}

Chelaru, LI ^{[1
]}

Offi, F ^{[1
]}

Wang, J ^{[1
]}

Kotsugi, M ^{[1
]}

Kirschner, J ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Max Planck Inst Mikrostrukturphys, D-06120 Halle Saale, Germany

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2004年 / 92卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.017201

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We present experimental evidence for a three-dimensional noncollinear antiferromagnetic spin structure in ultrathin single-crystalline fcc Fe50Mn50 layers using magnetic circular dichroism photoelectron emission microscopy and x-ray magnetic linear dichroism. Layer-resolved as-grown domain images of epitaxial trilayers grown on Cu(001) in which FeMn is sandwiched between ferromagnetic layers with different easy axes reveal the presence of antiferromagnetic spin components in the film plane and normal to the film plane. An FeMn spin structure with no collinear order in the film plane is consistent with the absence of x-ray magnetic linear dichroism in Fe L-3 absorption in FeMn/Co bilayers.

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