INTERFACE PINNING IN GADOLINIUM MOLYBDENUM MAGNETIC MULTILAYERS/

Authors
HARKINS JV DONOVAN P
Citation
Jv. Harkins et P. Donovan, INTERFACE PINNING IN GADOLINIUM MOLYBDENUM MAGNETIC MULTILAYERS/, Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials, 156(1-3), 1996, pp. 224-226
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science","Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials → ACNP
ISSN journal
03048853
Volume
156
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
224 - 226
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-8853(1996)156:1-3<224:IPIGMM>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
In Gd/Mo multilayers with a gadolinium layer thickness of 3.3 +/- 0.3 nm the magnetic moments of the gadolinium atoms are pinned at the inte rfaces. The pinning strength is proportional to the molybdenum thickne ss. The low-field magnetisation curves are similar fur all the multila yers studied, but the high-field magnetisation shows an oscillatory de pendence on the molybdenum thickness.