MAGNETIC PHASES OF ULTRATHIN FE GROWN ON CU(100) AS EPITAXIAL WEDGES

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LI, DQ [1 ]
FREITAG, M [1 ]
PEARSON, J [1 ]
QIU, ZQ [1 ]
BADER, SD [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,BERKELEY,CA 94720
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.3112
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O4 [物理学];
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Magnetic wedges of Fe on Cu(100) are explored magneto-optically. In the region of 6-11 monolayers (ML) of fcc Fe grown at room temperature, in addition to a surface ferromagnetic layer with a Curie temperature approximately 250 K, the Fe bulk is antiferromagnetic with a Neel temperature of approximately 200 K. This fcc phase is stable only above a growth temperature of order approximately 200 K, below which the ferromagnetic spin-reorientation transition occurs at approximately 6 ML. The phase boundaries are delineated by cusps in the coercivity along the wedge.
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