Structural and magnetic phases of Fe in Fe/Ni(0 0 1) and Fe/Ni81Fe19(0 0 1) multilayers

被引:13
作者
Kuch, W [1 ]
Parkin, SSP [1 ]
机构
[1] IBM Corp, Almaden Res Ctr, Div Res, San Jose, CA 95120 USA
关键词
multilayers; X-ray diffraction; epitaxial growth;
D O I
10.1016/S0304-8853(97)01134-7
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
The structure and magnetic properties of ultra-thin Fe spacer layers in epitaxially sputter-deposited Fe/Ni(0 0 1) multilayers are studied using X-ray diffraction and squid magnetometry, and compared to those of similarly deposited Fe/Ni81Fe19(0 0 1) multilayers. In both systems, the Fe layers undergo a similar sequence of structural changes with increasing Fe thickness, from a distorted FCC(0 0 1) phase, to a nearly relaxed FCC(0 0 1) phase, to a BCC(0 1 1) phase with concomitant changes in magnetic properties, (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:127 / 136
页数:10
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