NMR AND MAGNETIZATION STUDIES OF ORTHORHOMBIC DISTORTION OF CO IN A (110)-ORIENTED CO PT SUPERLATTICE/

Authors
LEDANG K VEILLET P CHAPPERT C FARROW RFC MARKS RF WELLER D
Citation
K. Ledang et al., NMR AND MAGNETIZATION STUDIES OF ORTHORHOMBIC DISTORTION OF CO IN A (110)-ORIENTED CO PT SUPERLATTICE/, Physical review. B, Condensed matter, 48(18), 1993, pp. 14023-14026
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Physical review. B, Condensed matter → ACNP
ISSN journal
01631829
Volume
48
Issue
18
Year of publication
1993
Pages
14023 - 14026
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-1829(1993)48:18<14023:NAMSOO>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
NMR spin-echo and magnetization measurements performed on a MBE-grown, (110)-oriented Co/Pt superlattice reveal a strong in-plane, uniaxial magnetic anisotropy. This is due to large tensile strain exerted from the Pt lattice onto the Co layers, which leads to an orthorhombic dist ortion of the Co lattice. The orthorhombic distortion is also reflecte d in an anisotropy of the hyperfine field detected with the NMR method . This suggests that the magnetic anisotropy is correlated with an ani sotropy of the orbital magnetic moments in these structures.