| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 49, Number 4, February II 2000
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 507 - 513 | |
| Section | Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2000-00178-y | |
| Published online | 01 September 2002 | |
Perpendicular pinning of Cr magnetic moments to the Fe magnetization in Fe/Cr(110) multilayers
Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin - Glienickerstr. 100, D-14109 Berlin, Germany
Corresponding author: fritzsche@hmi.de
Received:
19
August
1999
Accepted:
1
December
1999
We investigated the magnetic properties of a (110)-oriented 
multilayer
of the form 
Å 
Å 
Å 
Å 
consisting of 260 Å thick 
layers and 12 Å thick 
layers
which were grown epitaxially on a 
single crystal. The easy axis of magnetization
is the [001] direction as determined by polarized neutron reflectometry.
Neutron diffraction data reveal that the commensurate spin density wave is
the stable phase at 
and the magnetic moments are aligned perpendicular
to [001]. When rotating the magnetization from the easy axis into the
in-plane hard-axis direction 
by applying a magnetic field of 
the
intensity of the commensurate 
peak decreases by a factor of 2. This
can be interpreted as a simultaneous rotation of the and moments pinned
together in its initial perpendicular orientation.
PACS: 75.30.Fv – Spin-density waves / 75.70.-i – Magnetic films and multilayers / 61.12.-q – Neutron diffraction and scattering
© EDP Sciences, 2000
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