MAGNETIC-PROPERTIES OF GD/DY SUPERLATTICES - EXPERIMENT AND THEORY

被引:51
作者
CAMLEY, RE
KWO, J
HONG, M
CHIEN, CL
机构
[1] AT&T BELL LABS, MURRAY HILL, NJ 07974 USA
[2] JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV, DEPT PHYS, BALTIMORE, MD 21218 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.2703
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O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
Synthetic Gd/Dy superlattices show novel magnetic properties which we investigate both experimentally and theoretically. In this system competing exchange and Zeeman interactions lead to many different possible magnetic structures. Of particular interest is an alternating-helicity phase where the magnetic unit cell is twice the length of the chemical unit cell. A simple theoretical model gives results in good agreement with the experimental measurements. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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页码:2703 / 2706
页数:4
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