Magnetic anisotropy of Fe/GaAs(001) ultrathin films investigated by in situ ferromagnetic resonance

2006 ◽  
Vol 299 (1) ◽  
pp. L1-L10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kh. Zakeri ◽  
Th. Kebe ◽  
J. Lindner ◽  
M. Farle
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Anisotropy ◽  
Ferromagnetic Resonance ◽  
Ultrathin Films

Different Temperature Dependencies of Magnetic Interface and Volume Anisotropies in Gd / W(110)

1995 ◽  
Vol 384 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Farle ◽  
B. Schulz ◽  
A. Aspelmeier ◽  
G. Andre ◽  
K. Baberschke
Keyword(s):  
Film Thickness ◽  
Magnetic Anisotropy ◽  
Temperature Dependence ◽  
Ferromagnetic Resonance ◽  
Magnetocrystalline Anisotropy ◽  
The Other ◽  
Spin Interaction ◽  
Reduced Temperature ◽  
Thickness Independent

ABSTRACTThe magnetic anisotropy of epitaxial Gd(0001) films on W(110) is determined as a function of temperature (150 to 350 K) and film thickness (9 to 30 monolayers) by in situ ferromagnetic resonance. It is found that the usual analysis in terms of a thickness independent part KV and a thickness dependent contribution 2KS/d must be performed at the same reduced temperature t = T/Tc(d). Kv shows qualitatively the same temperature dependence as the magnetocrystalline anisotropy of bulk Gd. It changes in sign near 0.7 Tc and does not vanish at Tc. KS on the other hand decreases linearly from 1.2 meV/atom at 0.6.Tc to zero at Tc. It appears that the intrinsic origin for Kv and KS is fundamentally different. The vanishing of KS at Tc indicates that two-ion anisotropy (spin-spin interaction) is dominating the interface anisotropy. The non- zero KV(T≥Tc) is likely due to a single ion magnetic anisotropy which is known for bulk Gd.

Epitaxial growth manner and structure of superconducting oxide films

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 2-3
Author(s):  
Yoshichika Bando ◽  
Takahito Terashima ◽  
Kenji Iijima ◽  
Kazunuki Yamamoto ◽  
Kazuto Hirata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ultrathin Films ◽  
Film Surface ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Epitaxial Films ◽  
Layer By Layer ◽  
Initial Growth ◽  
In Situ Growth ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Activated Reactive Evaporation

The high quality thin films of high-Tc superconducting oxide are necessary for elucidating the superconducting mechanism and for device application. The recent trend in the preparation of high-Tc films has been toward “in-situ” growth of the superconducting phase at relatively low temperatures. The purpose of “in-situ” growth is to attain surface smoothness suitable for fabricating film devices but also to obtain high quality film. We present the investigation on the initial growth manner of YBCO by in-situ reflective high energy electron diffraction (RHEED) technique and on the structural and superconducting properties of the resulting ultrathin films below 100Å. The epitaxial films have been grown on (100) plane of MgO and SrTiO, heated below 650°C by activated reactive evaporation. The in-situ RHEED observation and the intensity measurement was carried out during deposition of YBCO on the substrate at 650°C. The deposition rate was 0.8Å/s. Fig. 1 shows the RHEED patterns at every stage of deposition of YBCO on MgO(100). All the patterns exhibit the sharp streaks, indicating that the film surface is atomically smooth and the growth manner is layer-by-layer.

In situ synthesis and magnetic anisotropy of ferromagnetic buckypaper

Carbon ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 1141-1145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruitao Lv ◽  
Shinji Tsuge ◽  
Xuchun Gui ◽  
Kazuyuki Takai ◽  
Feiyu Kang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Anisotropy ◽  
In Situ Synthesis

In Situ Magnetic-Circular-X-Ray-Dichroism Measurements: An Epitaxial Fe Wedge on Cu(100)

MRS Bulletin ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.E. Dávila ◽  
D. Arvanitis ◽  
J. Hunter Dunn ◽  
N. Mårtensson ◽  
P. Srivastava ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ultrathin Films ◽  
Magnetic Circular Dichroism ◽  
Polarized Light ◽  
Measured Quantity ◽  
Easy Magnetization ◽  
Magnetization Direction ◽  
Core Electron ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
X Ray

Circularly polarized x-ray radiation is attracting increasing interest as a tool for the characterization of the electronic, magnetic, and chiral properties of low-dimensional structures. Using circular light (with electric field vector parallel to the orbital plane), a dependence of the measured quantity by changing either the orientation of the light polarization or the magnetization is indicative of the existence of magnetic circular dichroism. It can be observed in x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), in which the photon energy is scanned through an absorption threshold exciting a core electron into an unoccupied valence state using circularly polarized light. Synchrotron radiation sources have made this technique possible. It can also be observed in photo-emission spectroscopy from core and valence levels. Here we focus on magnetic circular x-ray dichroism (MCXD) in XAS as an element-specific tool to investigate magnetic properties of ultrathin films in situ. The application of magneto-optical sum rules enables the determination of the orbital and spin magnetic moments per atom from XAS spectra, as well as the easy magnetization direction.MCXD-based magnetometry in XAS is extensively used by measuring the L absorption edges of 3d-transition metals, where large intensity changes (up to 60%) of the L-edge white lines are observed upon reversal of either the sample magnetization or the light helicity. The high magnetic contrast obtained, combined with the elemental specificity of the technique, allows for the study of very dilute samples such as ultrathin films. We first concentrate on the selection rules governing MCXD in XAS.

scholarly journals Non-monotonic magnetic anisotropy behavior as a function of adsorbate coverage in Fe ultrathin films near the spin reorientation transition

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Quesada ◽  
G. Chen ◽  
A. T. N'Diaye ◽  
P. Wang ◽  
Y. Z. Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Monoxide ◽  
Magnetic Anisotropy ◽  
Ultrathin Films ◽  
Co Adsorption ◽  
Spin Reorientation ◽  
Spin Reorientation Transition ◽  
Out Of Plane

Carbon monoxide (CO) adsorption on ultrathin fcc Fe films is known to result in the rotation of magnetization from out-of-plane to in-plane.

scholarly journals Electron Microscopy Investigation of Magnetization Process in Thin Foils and Nanostructures

2007 ◽  
Vol 1026 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pascale Bayle-Guillemaud ◽  
Aurelien Masseboeuf ◽  
Fabien Cheynis ◽  
Jean-Christophe Toussaint ◽  
Olivier Fruchart ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Magnetic Anisotropy ◽  
Magnetic Induction ◽  
Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy ◽  
In Situ Observation ◽  
Magnetic Imaging ◽  
Thin Foils ◽  
Transmission Electron

AbstractThis paper presents investigations of magnetization configuration evolution during in-situ magnetic processes in materials exhibiting planar and perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. Transmission electron microscopy has been used to perform magnetic imaging. Fresnel contrasts in Lorentz Transmission Electron Microscopy (LTEM) and phase retrieval methods such as Transport of Intensity Equation (TIE) solving or electron holography have been implemented. These techniques are sensitive to magnetic induction perpendicular to the electron beam and can give access to a spatially resolved (resolution better than 10 nm) mapping of magnetic induction distribution and could be extended to dynamical studies during in-situ observation. Thin foils of FePd alloys with a strong perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) and self-assembled Fe dots are presented. Both are studied during magnetization processes exhibiting the capacities of in-situ magnetic imaging in a TEM.

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