Magnetisation reorientation in ultra-thin Fe films on Cu(100) upon deposition of Co

Authors
Dunn, JH Arvanitis, D Carr, R Martensson, N
Citation
Jh. Dunn et al., Magnetisation reorientation in ultra-thin Fe films on Cu(100) upon deposition of Co, J SYNCHROTR, 8, 2001, pp. 463-465
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION
ISSN journal
09090495 → ACNP
Volume
8
Year of publication
2001
Part
2
Pages
463 - 465
Database
ISI
SICI code
0909-0495(200103)8:<463:MRIUFF>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Ultra thin films of Fe deposited on the (100) surface of a Cu single crysta l exhibit a net perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. The addition of very low coverages of Co results in the easy magnetic direction reorienting into th e film plane. This behavior is in contrast to the addition of similar amoun ts of Fe, whereupon the ferromagnetic response vanishes. This result is dis cussed in terms of the anisotropy energies derived from the spectroscopic d ata.