FERROMAGNETIC AND ANTIFERROMAGNETIC COUPLING IN DY ER SUPERLATTICES/

Authors
DUMESNIL K DUFOUR C MANGIN P MARCHAL G HENNION M KAISER H RHYNE JJ
Citation
K. Dumesnil et al., FERROMAGNETIC AND ANTIFERROMAGNETIC COUPLING IN DY ER SUPERLATTICES/, Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials, 144, 1995, pp. 775-776
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science","Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials → ACNP
ISSN journal
03048853
Volume
144
Year of publication
1995
Part
2
Pages
775 - 776
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-8853(1995)144:<775:FAACID>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The magnetic coupling in a [Dy(35 Angstrom)/Er(11 Angstrom)] X 90 supe rlattice has been studied by neutron scattering experiments and magnet ization measurements. Basal plane helical ordering, coherent through i nitially paramagnetic Er layers, appears in the Dy layers for a temper ature close to the ordering temperature of bulk Dy. At low temperature a ferromagnetic arrangement between the Dy layers is observed, instea d of antiferromagnetic stacking in superlattices with thicker Er layer s.