INFLUENCE OF SURFACE ATOMIC STEPS ON INPLANE MAGNETIC-ANISOTROPY OF ULTRATHIN FE FILMS ON W(001)

Authors
HUANG DJ LEE JY MULHOLLAN GA ERSKINE JL
Citation
Dj. Huang et al., INFLUENCE OF SURFACE ATOMIC STEPS ON INPLANE MAGNETIC-ANISOTROPY OF ULTRATHIN FE FILMS ON W(001), Journal of applied physics, 73(10), 1993, pp. 6751-6753
Citations number
11
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
6751 - 6753
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8979(1993)73:10<6751:IOSASO>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Previous magneto-optic Kerr effect studies of ultrathin epitaxial Fe f ilms grown on stepped W(001) sur-faces yielded evidence of in-plane un iaxial magnetic anisotropy with magnetization perpendicular to the ste ps. We report spin-polarized secondary electron emission spectroscopy studies of the same system that confirms this novel micromagnetic phen omena, and provides a more detailed characterization of the zero-field in-plane spin configuration as a function of initial applied field di rection.