INPLANE ANISOTROPY AND REVERSED SPIN REORIENTATION OF FCC FE ULTRATHIN FILMS ON CU(100) BY PULSED-LASER DEPOSITION

Authors
SHEN J JENNICHES H MOHAN CV BARTHEL J KLAUA M OHRESSER P KIRSCHNER J
Citation
J. Shen et al., INPLANE ANISOTROPY AND REVERSED SPIN REORIENTATION OF FCC FE ULTRATHIN FILMS ON CU(100) BY PULSED-LASER DEPOSITION, Europhysics letters, 43(3), 1998, pp. 349-354
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Europhysics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
02955075
Volume
43
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
349 - 354
Database
ISI
SICI code
0295-5075(1998)43:3<349:IAARSR>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Fe ultrathin films on Cu(100) have been prepared by pulsed laser depos ition (PLD). These films show good layer-by-layer morphology and an al most ideal fee structure at all thicknesses below 10 ML. Above 10 ML t he films transform into bcc(110) structure. The magnetization of the P LD Fe films lies in-plane at low thickness (2 to 5 ML), and undergo a reversed spin reorientation switching to perpendicular at higher thick ness.