MIMICKING OF A STRONG BIQUADRATIC INTERLAYER EXCHANGE COUPLING IN FE SI MULTILAYERS/

Authors
KOHLHEPP J VALKIER M VANDERGRAAF A DENBROEDER FJA
Citation
J. Kohlhepp et al., MIMICKING OF A STRONG BIQUADRATIC INTERLAYER EXCHANGE COUPLING IN FE SI MULTILAYERS/, Physical review. B, Condensed matter, 55(2), 1997, pp. 696-699
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Physical review. B, Condensed matter → ACNP
ISSN journal
01631829
Volume
55
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
696 - 699
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-1829(1997)55:2<696:MOASBI>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The antiferromagnetic interlayer exchange coupling properties of sputt ered Fe/Si multilayers have been studied by magnetometry and spin-pola rized neutron reflectometry. Both the degree of antiferromagnetic alig nment of adjacent ferromagnetic layers at zero field and the strength of the coupling are found to depend on the position in the multilayer stack. It is shown that these interlayer coupling variations are able to imitate an apparent strong biquadratic coupling.