Canted coupling of buried magnetic multilayers

被引:26
作者
Chakarian, V
Idzerda, YU
Lin, HJ
Gutierrez, C
Prinz, GA
Meigs, G
Chen, CT
机构
[1] USN,RES LAB,WASHINGTON,DC 20375
[2] AT&T BELL LABS,MURRAY HILL,NJ 07974
[3] SW TEXAS STATE UNIV,DEPT PHYS,SAN MARCOS,TX 78666
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1996年 / 53卷 / 17期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.53.11313
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
Soft-x-ray magnetic circular dichroism is used as an element-specific magnetometer to determine the magnetic behavior of a buried 4.3 monolayer Mn filmin a Fe25Co75/Mn/Fe25Co75 trilayer, which exhibits a 90 degrees coupling between the two ferromagnetic films. By measuring element-specific magnetic hysteresis curves for Fe, Co, and Mn along directions parallel and perpendicular to an applied magnetic field, the magnetization behavior of each element is described, indicating an anomalous in-plane canting of the net Mn moment with respect to the Fe and Co moments by 23 degrees.
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页码:11313 / 11316
页数:4
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