MAGNETIC DEAD LAYER IN FE SI MULTILAYER - PROFILE REFINEMENT OF POLARIZED NEUTRON REFLECTIVITY DATA/

Authors
ANKNER JF MAJKRZAK CF HOMMA H
Citation
Jf. Ankner et al., MAGNETIC DEAD LAYER IN FE SI MULTILAYER - PROFILE REFINEMENT OF POLARIZED NEUTRON REFLECTIVITY DATA/, Journal of applied physics, 73(10), 1993, pp. 6436-6437
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Journal of applied physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00218979
Volume
73
Issue
10
Year of publication
1993
Part
2B
Pages
6436 - 6437
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8979(1993)73:10<6436:MDLIFS>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We have used polarized neutron reflectometry to study the magnetic str ucture of an Fe/Si multilayer film. By simultaneous refinement of both plus and minus reflectivities we have extracted separate nuclear and magnetic scattering density profiles that include a 6-angstrom-thick m agnetically dead layer in Fe at the interface. This result supports th e contention that the antiferromagnetic coupling reported in this syst em is mediated by the presence of Fe in the Si interlayers.