• DocumentCode
    1412286
  • Title

    Iron and nickel surface and interface anisotropies

  • Author

    Skomski, R. ; Sander, D. ; Schmidthals, C. ; Enders, A. ; Kirschner, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Max-Planck-Inst. fur Mikrostrukturphys., Halle, Germany
  • Volume
    34
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    7/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    852
  • Lastpage
    854
  • Abstract
    The anisotropy of fcc (111) Fe/Ni and Fe/Ni/Fe layers is investigated. The films exhibit an oscillating behavior of the preferential magnetization direction depending on whether the surface layer is Ni or Fe. Anisotropy fields are obtained from polar and perpendicular Kerr hysteresis loops and yield a comparatively small perpendicular Fe/Ni interface anisotropy of about 0.15 mJ/m2. The real-space origin of the interface anisotropy is the interlayer hybridization of the yz, zx, and z2 orbitals
  • Keywords
    Kerr magneto-optical effect; iron; magnetic anisotropy; magnetic hysteresis; magnetic multilayers; nickel; surface magnetism; Fe-Ni-Fe; Kerr hysteresis loops; interface anisotropy; interlayer hybridization; preferential magnetization direction; surface anisotropy; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Annealing; Atomic layer deposition; Electrons; Hysteresis; Iron; Magnetization; Magnets; Nickel; Wave functions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/20.706286
  • Filename
    706286
    • Link To Document
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