ANGULAR-DEPENDENCE OF PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC SURFACE ANISOTROPY AND THE SPIN-REORIENTATION TRANSITION

Authors
FRITZSCHE H KOHLHEPP J ELMERS HJ GRADMANN U
Citation
H. Fritzsche et al., ANGULAR-DEPENDENCE OF PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC SURFACE ANISOTROPY AND THE SPIN-REORIENTATION TRANSITION, Physical review. B, Condensed matter, 49(22), 1994, pp. 15665-15668
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Physical review. B, Condensed matter → ACNP
ISSN journal
01631829
Volume
49
Issue
22
Year of publication
1994
Pages
15665 - 15668
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-1829(1994)49:22<15665:AOPMSA>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
For a complete description of out-of-plane magnetic surface anisotropy and its angular dependence, higher-order terms are needed beyond the quadratic Neel-type approximation. The spin-reorientation transition b etween perpendicular and in-plane magnetization is influenced by these higher-order terms in an elementary manner. Second- and fourth-order terms of the magnetic surface anisotropy were determined by torsion-os cillation magnetometry for uncovered Fe(110) films prepared on Cr(110) , and for Pd-covered Co films prepared on Pd(111). These samples show different types of the spin-reorientation transition.