Temperature dependence of the interface interactions on Fe/Cr studied by ferromagnetic resonance and SQUID

Author

Pflaum, J. ; Pelzl, J. ; Bodeker, P. ; Zabel, H. ; Frait, Z. ; Marysko, M.

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Experimentalphys. III., Ruhr-Univ., Bochum, Germany

Volume

34

Issue

4

fYear

1998

fDate

7/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1036

Lastpage

1038

Abstract

To study the interface interactions between ferromagnetic ordered Fe and antiferromagnetic ordered Cr we used Ferromagnetic Resonance (FMR) Spectroscopy and SQUID magnetometry. For a defined Cr thickness range the magnetic parameters of the Fe films show an anomalous temperature behavior which can be related to a change of the intrinsic spin structure of the chromium, the so-called spin-flip transition. The transition temperature decreases continuously with decreasing Cr thickness, ceasing in a suppression of the transition for Cr films below 60 Å

Keywords

antiferromagnetic materials; chromium; ferromagnetic materials; ferromagnetic resonance; interface magnetism; iron; magnetic thin films; magnetic transitions; spin fluctuations; 60 A; Fe-Cr; Fe/Cr; SQUID; ferromagnetic resonance; interface interactions; intrinsic spin structure; spin-flip transition; Antiferromagnetic materials; Chromium; Iron; Magnetic films; Magnetic materials; Magnetic properties; Magnetic resonance; SQUIDs; Spectroscopy; Temperature dependence;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.706349

Filename

706349