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

被引：426
作者：
ALLENSPACH, R
BISCHOF, A
机构：
[1] IBM Research Division, Zurich Research Laboratory
来源：
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 1992年 / 69卷 / 23期
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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.
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页码：3385 / 3388
页数：4
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