Title :
Reorientation transition in ultrathin alloy films
Author :
Thamankar, R. ; Ostroukhova, A. ; Schumann, F.O.
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Experimentalphys., Freie Univ. Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Ultrathin films of Fe and Ni on a Cu(100) surface exhibit a reorientation of the magnetization. For Ni films the magnetization is first in-plane and rotates out-of-plane upon increasing the thickness. This is in contrast to the situation for Fe films. We investigated how the transition evolves between the two endpoints by using Fe/sub x/Ni/sub 1-x//Cu(100) alloy films. By means of MOKE we have determined the easy axis for different concentrations.
Keywords :
Kerr magneto-optical effect; ferromagnetic materials; iron alloys; magnetic thin films; magnetic transitions; magnetisation; metallic thin films; nickel alloys; spin dynamics; Cu; Cu(100) surface; Fe/sub x/Ni/sub 1-x/; MOKE; film thickness; in-plane magnetization; magnetization reorientation transition; out-of-plane magnetization; ultrathin alloy films; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Interpolation; Iron alloys; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic anisotropy; Magnetic properties; Magnetization; Performance evaluation; Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; Surface reconstruction;
Conference_Titel :
Magnetics Conference, 2002. INTERMAG Europe 2002. Digest of Technical Papers. 2002 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7365-0
DOI :
10.1109/INTMAG.2002.1001065
