Interface and magnetic anisotropy in Tb/Fe multilayers

Cherifi, K.; Dufour, C.; Piécuch, M.; Bruson, A.; Bauer, Ph.; Marchal, G.; Mangin, Ph.

doi:10.1016/0304-8853(91)90411-3

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“…The high perpendicular remanence indicates that nearly a single-domain state exists at H = 0 Oe. Our finding of perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in Tb/bcc-Fe multilayers is in agreement with earlier reports [7][8][9]. However, our observation of a high perpendicular remanence at RT in such multilayers is a new result.…”

Section: Experimental Procedures and Sample Characterizationsupporting

confidence: 94%

“…5 shows the CEMS spectra (measured at RT (a) and 80 K (b)) of the Fe/Tb multilayer on GaAs(001)-LED, which includes the 5 ML thick 57 Fe tracer layer in the center of the first 2.6 nm thick (epitaxial) Fe(001) film on the GaAs surface. In agreement with literature reports [7][8][9], these spectra could be least-squares fitted with two spectral components. Subspectrum (1) is a dominant Zeeman-split sextet with relatively sharp lines originating from 57 Fe atoms in bulk-like bcc-Fe local surroundings; it was fitted with a narrow Gaussian distribution of hyperfine magnetic fields, P(B hf ).…”

Section: Experimental Procedures and Sample Characterizationsupporting

confidence: 79%

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Preparation and characterization of epitaxial Fe(001) thin films on GaAs(001)-based LED for spin injection

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Keune

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Superlattices and Microstructures

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Section: Experimental Procedures and Sample Characterizationsupporting

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Preparation and characterization of epitaxial Fe(001) thin films on GaAs(001)-based LED for spin injection

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Keune

et al. 2005

Superlattices and Microstructures

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“…The PMA is conceived to be caused by antiferromagnetically exchange-coupled Fe-Tb atomic pairs combined with singleion anisotropy and the large orbital moment of the Tb ion [123][124][125]. An ultrathin amorphous Fe-Tb alloy phase at the Fe/Tb interface (a few atomic layers thick), as observed by Mössbauer spectroscopy [116][117][118][119][120][121], is also involved in creating PMA. Figure 19 shows CEM spectra taken at RT (top) and 80 K (bottom) from a GaAs(001)-based LED (with an InGaAs quantum well) carrying a Tb/Fe-multilayer electrode and a 5-ML-thick 57 Fe(001) probe layer at the interface .…”

Section: Ferromagnet/semiconductor Heterostructures: Fe On Gaas(001)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…[109,110]. It is well known that bcc-Fe layers in nanoscale Fe/Tb multilayers exibit PMA [26,[116][117][118][119][120][121][122][123][124][125] due to interface anisotropy. The PMA is conceived to be caused by antiferromagnetically exchange-coupled Fe-Tb atomic pairs combined with singleion anisotropy and the large orbital moment of the Tb ion [123][124][125].…”

Section: Ferromagnet/semiconductor Heterostructures: Fe On Gaas(001)mentioning

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Application of Mössbauer spectroscopy in magnetism

Keune

2012

Hyperfine Interact

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An overview is provided on our recent work that applies 57 Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy to specific problems in nanomagnetism. 57 Fe conversion electron Möss-bauer spectroscopy (CEMS) in conjunction with the 57 Fe probe layer technique as well as 57 Fe nuclear resonant scattering (NRS) were employed for the study of various nanoscale layered systems: (i) metastable fct-Fe; a strongly enhanced hyperfine magnetic field B hf of ∼39 T at 25 K was observed in ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) on uncoated three-monolayers thick epitaxial face-centered tetragonal (fct) 57 Fe(110) ultrathin films grown by molecular-beam epitaxy (MBE) on vicinal Pd(110) substrates; this indicates the presence of enhanced Fe local moments, μ Fe , as predicted theoretically; (ii) Fe spin structure; by applying magnetic fields, the Fe spin structure during magnetization reversal in layered (Sm-Co)/Fe exchange spring magnets and in exchange-biased Fe/MnF 2 bilayers was proven to be non-collinear and depth-dependent; (iii) ferromagnet/semiconductor interfaces for electrical spin injection; CEMS was used as a diagnostic tool for the investigation of magnetism at the buried interface of Fe electrical contacts on the clean surface of GaAs(001) and GaAs(001)-based spin light-emitting diodes (spin LED) with in-plane or out-ofplane Fe spin orientation; the measured rather large average hyperfine field of ∼27 T at 295 K and the distribution of hyperfine magnetic fields, P(B hf ), provide evidence for the absence of magnetically "dead" layers and the existence of relatively large Fe moments (μ Fe ∼ 1.8 μ B ) at the ferromagnet/semiconductor interface. -Finally, a short outlook is given for potential applications of Mössbauer spectroscopy on topical subjects of nanomagnetism/spintronics.

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“…In Tb/Fe multilayer, the occurrence of perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in these multilayered systems depends mainly on the extensions and the nature of the interfacial Fe-Tb region [1][2][3][7][8]. The morphology and the extension of the interfaces in relation with the substrate temperature and the deposition process are investigated by 57 Fe Mössbauer spectrometry method [9]. The study showed that perpendicular magnetic anisotropy is enhanced when the interface consists of an amorphous Fe-Tb alloy [2,10] or where the multilayers have annealed at certain temperature and duration of annealing [3,[10][11].…”

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confidence: 99%