Spin structure in magnetic multilayers with rough interfaces

被引:4
作者
Shender, EF
Holdworth, PCW
机构
[1] ECOLE NORMALE SUPER LYON,URA 1436 CNRS,ENSLAAP,PHYS THEOR LAB,F-69634 LYON,FRANCE
[2] INST NUCL PHYS,ST PETERSBURG,RUSSIA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.2583
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We show that spatial fluctuations of the interplane exchange coupling may produce a random large scale spin structure coexisting with orthogonally ordered magnetizations of ferromagnetic films. Despite the existence of long range order, spatial magnetic fluctuations are large because of nonperturbative effects. An estimate of the biquadratic coupling between magnetic films, associated with the structure, is presented.
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页码:2583 / 2586
页数:4
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