IDENTIFICATION OF MAGNETOCRYSTALLINE AND MAGNETOELASTIC ANISOTROPY CONTRIBUTIONS IN ULTRATHIN EPITAXIAL CO(11O) FILMS

Authors
FASSBENDER J MATHIEU C HILLEBRANDS B GUNTHERODT G JUNGBLUT R JOHNSON MT
Citation
J. Fassbender et al., IDENTIFICATION OF MAGNETOCRYSTALLINE AND MAGNETOELASTIC ANISOTROPY CONTRIBUTIONS IN ULTRATHIN EPITAXIAL CO(11O) FILMS, Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials, 148(1-2), 1995, pp. 156-157
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science","Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials → ACNP
ISSN journal
03048853
Volume
148
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
156 - 157
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-8853(1995)148:1-2<156:IOMAMA>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Magnetic anisotropies of MBE-grown fee Co(110) films with thicknesses between 8 and 110 Angstrom on Cu(110) single-crystal substrates have b een determined by Brillouin light scattering and have been correlated with structural properties. Three regimes of film growth and associate d anisotropy behavior are identified: coherent growth, in-plane anisot ropic and isotropic strain relaxation. The magnetocrystalline bulk ani sotropy contribution with easy axes along the in-plane [111] direction is found to be largely suppressed for film thicknesses smaller than ( 50 +/- 10) Angstrom.