Magnetic and Mossbauer studies in Fe/Au multilayers

Author

Krishnan, Ram ; Das, A. ; Eymery, J.P. ; Porte, M. ; Tessier, M.

Author_Institution

Lab. de Magnetism et d´´Opt., Versailles Univ., France

Volume

33

Issue

5

fYear

1997

fDate

9/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

3697

Lastpage

3699

Abstract

A series of Fe/Au multilayers have been sputter deposited and their magnetic and Mossbauer properties studied. The magnetization shows a clear tendency to increase for Fe layers t(Fe) thinner than 12 Å. For these samples the magnetic moment of Fe at 5 K is calculated to be 2.64 μB which is about 20% higher than that of bulk Fe. The surface anisotropy at 295 K is found to be +0.38 erg.cm^-2. Due to large demagnetization effect all samples show in-plane magnetization. The hyperfine field (32.6-32.8 T) for all the samples studied is close to that of bulk Fe. For samples with t(Fe) ⩽15 Å, the line width and the isomer shift increase showing the presence of at least two types of Fe sites, one in the bulk of the layer and the other near the interface

Keywords

Mossbauer effect; exchange interactions (electron); ferromagnetic materials; gold; iron; magnetic anisotropy; magnetic multilayers; magnetisation; sputtered coatings; 12 A; 15 A; 295 K; 5 K; Fe-Au; Fe/Au multilayers; Mossbauer properties; hyperfine field; in-plane magnetization; isomer shift; large demagnetization effect; magnetic properties; magnetization; sputter deposited; surface anisotropy; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Demagnetization; Gold; Iron; Magnetic anisotropy; Magnetic moments; Magnetic multilayers; Magnetic properties; Magnetization; Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.619542

Filename

619542