ANGULAR-DEPENDENCE OF PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC SURFACE ANISOTROPY AND THE SPIN-REORIENTATION TRANSITION

被引:87
作者
FRITZSCHE, H
KOHLHEPP, J
ELMERS, HJ
GRADMANN, U
机构
[1] Physikalisches Institut, Technische Universität Clausthal
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1994年 / 49卷 / 22期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.49.15665
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
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For a complete description of out-of-plane magnetic surface anisotropy and its angular dependence, higher-order terms are needed beyond the quadratic Neel-type approximation. The spin-reorientation transition between perpendicular and in-plane magnetization is influenced by these higher-order terms in an elementary manner. Second- and fourth-order terms of the magnetic surface anisotropy were determined by torsion-oscillation magnetometry for uncovered Fe(110) films prepared on Cr(110), and for Pd-covered Co films prepared on Pd(111). These samples show different types of the spin-reorientation transition.
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页码:15665 / 15668
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