MAGNETIZATION DIRECTION SWITCHING IN FE/CU(100) EPITAXIAL-FILMS - TEMPERATURE AND THICKNESS DEPENDENCE

被引:424
|
作者
ALLENSPACH, R
BISCHOF, A
机构
[1] IBM Research Division, Zurich Research Laboratory
关键词
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.3385
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
The magnetization direction switching is investigated in epitaxial Fe/Cu(100) films by spin-polarized scanning electron microscopy. We follow the transition from perpendicular to in-plane magnetization with both increasing film thickness and varying temperature. No variation of magnetic moment with magnetization direction change is found. A perpendicular stripe domain configuration is identified which evolves from the low-temperature single-domain state during the reorientation phase transition.
引用
收藏
页码:3385 / 3388
页数:4
相关论文
共 50 条
  • [41] RESONANCE EXCITON LUMINESCENCE OF EPITAXIAL-FILMS OF ZNSE/GAAS(100)
    BRODIN, MS
    TISHCHENKO, VV
    BONDAR, NV
    KOVALENKO, AV
    MEKEKECHKO, AY
    UKRAINSKII FIZICHESKII ZHURNAL, 1992, 37 (12): : 1802 - 1806
  • [42] SATURATION MAGNETIZATION AND PERPENDICULAR ANISOTROPY OF FE/GAAS(110) EPITAXIAL-FILMS STUDIED BY THE EXTRAORDINARY HALL-EFFECT
    RIGGS, KT
    DAHLBERG, ED
    PRINZ, GA
    JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS, 1988, 73 (01) : 46 - 52
  • [43] Antiferromagnetic layer thickness dependence of the magnetization reversal in the epitaxial MnPd/Fe exchange bias system
    Zhan, Qing-feng
    Zhang, Wei
    Krishnan, Kannan M.
    PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 2011, 83 (09)
  • [44] CHARACTERISTICS OF LOW-TEMPERATURE SILICON EPITAXIAL-FILMS
    DROWLEY, CI
    TURNER, JE
    JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY, 1987, 134 (8B) : C478 - C478
  • [45] Temperature dependence of magnetization in nanocrystalline Cu-Fe-Co alloys
    Yoo, YG
    Kim, WT
    Yu, SC
    Kim, YD
    JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS, 1996, 157 : 233 - 234
  • [46] Switching the direction of circumferential magnetization of square epitaxial Fe (001) microstructures by spin-polarized current
    Fomin L.A.
    Malikov I.V.
    Kalach K.M.
    Pyatkin S.V.
    Zil'Berman P.E.
    Mikhailov G.M.
    Russian Microelectronics, 2013, 42 (5) : 309 - 313
  • [47] GIANT MAGNETIC-SUSCEPTIBILITY IN FE AND CO EPITAXIAL-FILMS
    BACK, CH
    WURSCH, C
    KERKMANN, D
    PESCIA, D
    ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PHYSIK B-CONDENSED MATTER, 1994, 96 (01): : 1 - 3
  • [48] Temperature dependence of magnetization in nanocrystalline Cu-Fe-Co alloys
    Chungbuk Natl Univ, Chongju, Korea, Republic of
    J Magn Magn Mater, (233-234):
  • [49] Inhomogeneous temperature dependence of the magnetization in fcc-Fe on Cu(001)
    ViolBarbosa, C. E.
    Meyerheim, H. L.
    Jal, E.
    Tonnerre, J-M
    Przybylski, M.
    Sandratskii, L. M.
    Yildiz, F.
    Staub, U.
    Kirschner, J.
    PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 2012, 85 (18)
  • [50] THICKNESS-DEPENDENT AND TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT SPIN ANISOTROPY OF ULTRATHIN EPITAXIAL FE FILMS ON AG(100)
    ARAYAPOCHET, J
    BALLENTINE, CA
    ERSKINE, JL
    PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1988, 38 (11): : 7846 - 7849