THE EFFECT OF FE LAYER THICKNESS ON THE MAGNETIC-MOMENT IN FE CR MULTILAYERS PREPARED BY VAPOR-DEPOSITION/

Authors
PAN F FAN YD TAO K LIU BX
Citation
F. Pan et al., THE EFFECT OF FE LAYER THICKNESS ON THE MAGNETIC-MOMENT IN FE CR MULTILAYERS PREPARED BY VAPOR-DEPOSITION/, Physica status solidi. a, Applied research, 153(2), 1996, pp. 481-485
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Physica status solidi. a, Applied research → ACNP
ISSN journal
00318965
Volume
153
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
481 - 485
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-8965(1996)153:2<481:TEOFLT>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Electron-beam vapor deposition technique is employed to prepare Fe/Cr nano-multilayers with various thicknesses and periodicities. It is fou nd that the magnetic moment per Fe atom in Fe/Cr multilayers becomes w eaker with decreasing Fe layer thickness, when the Cr layer thickness is kept at 9 nm. The possible mechanism of the magnetic moment weakeni ng is discussed in terms of the spin orientational configuration of th e Fe atoms at Fe/Cr interfaces.