IS THERE SPIN-GLASS EXCHANGE IN ULTRATHIN FE(110) FILMS

Citation
R. Skomski et al., IS THERE SPIN-GLASS EXCHANGE IN ULTRATHIN FE(110) FILMS, IEEE transactions on magnetics, 32(5), 1996, pp. 4567-4569
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic","Physics, Applied
ISSN journal
00189464
Volume
32
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Part
2
Pages
4567 - 4569
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9464(1996)32:5<4567:ITSEIU>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
The magnetism of sesquilayer bcc iron films on W(110) is investigated. Coercivity data and theoretical calculations indicate that the freezi ng of the magnetization at low temperatures reflects exchange-dominate d domain-wall pinning rather than superparamagnetic spin-glass behavio ur.