GROUND-STATE MAGNETIC-PROPERTIES OF ULTRATHIN FCC FE AND CO FILMS ON CU(001) SURFACES

被引:12
作者
BEIER, T [1 ]
PESCIA, D [1 ]
STAMPANONI, M [1 ]
VATERLAUS, A [1 ]
MEIER, F [1 ]
机构
[1] SWISS FED INST TECHNOL, FESTKORPERFORSCH LAB, CH-8093 ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
来源
APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING | 1988年 / 47卷 / 01期
关键词
COBALT AND ALLOYS - Thin Films - COPPER AND ALLOYS - Substrates - FILMS - Magnetic Properties - MAGNETIC MATERIALS - Ferromagnetism - MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY;
D O I
10.1007/BF00619700
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
We have grown by means of molecular beam epitaxy ultrathin (1 to approx. 10 ML) films of fce Fe and Co on a Cu(001) surface, thus stabilizing this high temperature phase of bulk Fe and Co at room temperature. All films, including the single monolayers, are ferromagnetic. The Co films are magnetized in plane, independently on the thickness. Fe films thicker than 2 ML are magnetized along the film normal. Up to now, the statistical uncertainty is still too large to conclusively prove an enhancement of the magnetic moment for the thinnest Co films.
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