Ss. Manoharan et al., ON THE FABRICATION OF STACKED MONOLAYERS OF FE CU ON CU(100) BY PULSED-LASER DEPOSITION/, Journal of applied physics, 81(8), 1997, pp. 3768-3770
We report on the artificial fabrication of stacked monolayers of Fe/Cu
on Cu(100) by pulsed laser deposition at 300 K employing reflection h
igh energy electron diffraction (RHEED). In contrast to the thermally
deposited films, an improved two dimensional growth of the Fe and Cu l
ayers has been achieved by virtue of the dynamics of the pulsed laser
deposition technique. The observed RHEED oscillations for each Fe and
Cu layer and their growth mode as studied by scanning tunnelling micro
scopy indicate layer-by-layer growth. The magnetic properties studied
by magneto-optical Ken effect measurements show that the easy axis of
magnetization is in plane with no specific anisotropy observed in the
plane. Ferromagnetic response was absent for thicknesses less than 2 M
L in total within the measured temperature range down to 100 K. The Cu
rie temperature increases from 225 K for a trilayer Fe/Cu/Fe to 400 K
for a total layer thickness of 10 ML. (C) 1997 American Institute of P
hysics.