CONVERSION-ELECTRON MOSSBAUER STUDY OF THE INTERFACIAL ROUGHNESS IN MBE-GROWN NI80FE20 FE50MN50(111) BILAYERS/

Authors
JUNGBLUT R SAUER C COEHOORN R JOHNSON MT REINDERS A
Citation
R. Jungblut et al., CONVERSION-ELECTRON MOSSBAUER STUDY OF THE INTERFACIAL ROUGHNESS IN MBE-GROWN NI80FE20 FE50MN50(111) BILAYERS/, Physical review. B, Condensed matter, 53(9), 1996, pp. 5488-5492
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Physical review. B, Condensed matter → ACNP
ISSN journal
01631829
Volume
53
Issue
9
Year of publication
1996
Pages
5488 - 5492
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-1829(1996)53:9<5488:CMSOTI>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The interface roughness and variations in the magnetic moment at the i nterface were investigated in epitaxially grown exchange biased Ni80Fe 20/Fe20Mn50 (111) bilayers by conversion-electron Mossbauer spectrosco py. To this end, a (Fe50Mn50)-Fe-57 or (Ni80Fe20)-Fe-57 alloy probe la yer was inserted at the interface. Using a simple model tb analyze the data, it is shown that intermixing at the Ni80Fe20/Fe50Mn50 interface is restricted to a zone with a thickness of only two atomic layers. T he magnetic moments of Fe atoms in Ni80Fe20 close to this zone are not significantly altered.