Optical Studies of Non-Magnetic Spacer in Thin Fe/Si Multilayers

• Authors: W. Szuszkiewicz , M. Jouanne , J. Morhange , M. Chernyshova , L. Kowalczyk , E. Łusakowska , P. Wandziuk , T. Luciński
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Structures containing magnetic metallic layers attract a lot of attention because of their possible applications in the area of spintronics. The hybrid structures compatible with the Si crystal lattice parameter are of special interest. In this work the short-period Fe/Si multilayers were grown by the sputtering onto (001)-oriented Si substrate and investigated by various techniques. After the deposition, all multilayers were characterized by atomic force microscopy. The goal of the present paper was to determine the chemical composition of thin layer created at the interface in Fe/Si multilayers due to the Fe diffusion into Si, as well as to analyze the phenomena, which take place in this area. The results of the optical characterization by the Raman scattering were correlated with the magnetic properties of investigated structures (determined by means of the Kerr rotation).

Keywords

EN

68.55.-a; 75.70.-i; 78.30.-j

Discipline

• 75.70.-i: Magnetic properties of thin films, surfaces, and interfaces(for magnetic properties of nanostructures, see 75.75.-c)
• 78.30.-j: Infrared and Raman spectra(for vibrational states in crystals and disordered systems, see 63.20.-e and 63.50.-x, respectively; for Raman spectra of superconductors, see 74.25.nd)
• 68.55.-a: Thin film structure and morphology(for methods of thin film deposition, film growth and epitaxy, see 81.15.-z)

• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2005
• Volume: 108
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 891-896

Dates

published

2005-11

received

2005-06-04

Contributors

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W. Szuszkiewicz

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland

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M. Jouanne

• Institut des Nanosciences de Paris, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Campus Boucicaut, 140, rue de Lourmel, 75015 Paris, France

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J. Morhange

• Institut des Nanosciences de Paris, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Campus Boucicaut, 140, rue de Lourmel, 75015 Paris, France

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M. Chernyshova

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland

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L. Kowalczyk

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland

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E. Łusakowska

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland

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P. Wandziuk

• Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Smoluchowskiego 17, 60-179 Poznań, Poland

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T. Luciński

• Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Smoluchowskiego 17, 60-179 Poznań, Poland

References

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.108.891