CORRELATION BETWEEN MAGNETIC-PROPERTIES AND SURFACE-STRUCTURE OBSERVED BY SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY IN TB EPITAXIAL THIN-FILMS

Authors
KALINOWSKI R BACZEWSKI LT BARAN M GIVORD D MEYER C RAULUSZKIEWICZ J
Citation
R. Kalinowski et al., CORRELATION BETWEEN MAGNETIC-PROPERTIES AND SURFACE-STRUCTURE OBSERVED BY SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY IN TB EPITAXIAL THIN-FILMS, Applied physics A: Materials science & processing, 66, 1998, pp. 1205-1207
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Applied physics A: Materials science & processing → ACNP
ISSN journal
09478396
Volume
66
Year of publication
1998
Part
2
Supplement
S
Pages
1205 - 1207
Database
ISI
SICI code
0947-8396(1998)66:<1205:CBMASO>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The surfaces of Tb epitaxial thin films were investigated by means of scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) on the samples deposited by molec ular beam epitaxy (MBE) and pulsed laser deposition (PLD) methods. The crystal structures of films were controlled in situ by reflection hig h energy electron diffraction (RHEED). Different magnetization loops w ere observed depending upon the film roughness. Smooth samples show ma gnetic anisotropy with an easy plane, which is not observed in the cas e of rough samples. The interpretation of the magnetic properties of T b epitaxial films given is based on the STM and RHEED measurements.