PALLADIUM MAGNETISM IN PD FE MULTILAYERS STUDIED BY XMCD AT THE PDL(2,3) EDGES/

Authors
VOGEL J FONTAINE A CROS V PETROFF F KAPPLER JP KRILL G ROGALEV A GOULON J
Citation
J. Vogel et al., PALLADIUM MAGNETISM IN PD FE MULTILAYERS STUDIED BY XMCD AT THE PDL(2,3) EDGES/, Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials, 165(1-3), 1997, pp. 96-99
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science","Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials → ACNP
ISSN journal
03048853
Volume
165
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
96 - 99
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-8853(1997)165:1-3<96:PMIPFM>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
We have performed direct measurements of the Pd4d orbital and spin mom ents in Pd/Fe multilayers with different Pd interlayer thicknesses usi ng X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) at the L(2,3) absorption e dges of Pd. The atoms directly at the interface are strongly polarized with a total moment of 0.4 mu(B)/atom. The orbital moments are found to be small (0.0-0.04 mu(B)). The thickness dependence of the XMCD sho ws that Pd atoms are magnetically polarized up to four layers from the interface.