Magnetic Properties of Epitaxial Fe/(Ga,Mn)As Hybrids

• Authors: K. Kalbarczyk , K. Dziatkowski , J. Szczytko , J. Gosk , M. Tokarczyk , G. Kowalski , A. Twardowski , W. Bednarski , A. Ostrowski , S. Waplak , J. Martinek , X. Liu , J. Furdyna
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Thin-film structures composed of two kinds of ferromagnetic material - metallic Fe and semiconducting (Ga,Mn)As - were investigated by means of SQUID magnetometry and ferromagnetic resonance spectroscopy. Dependence of remnant magnetic moment on temperature showed unexpected anisotropic features when recorded along two orthogonal in-plane directions. For one of these orientations, the change in sign of the slope of m(T) curve at the Curie point of (Ga,Mn)As was observed, while for the other, an analogous m(T) curve retained monotonic character. Based on the comparison with ferromagnetic resonance data, the apparent non-monotonicity was attributed to the temperature-induced change of balance between the external magnetic field and uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in the plane of Fe layer.

Keywords

EN

75.75.-c; 75.30.Gw; 75.50.Pp; 75.50.Bb

Discipline

• 75.30.Gw: Magnetic anisotropy
• 75.75.-c: Magnetic properties of nanostructures
• 75.50.Bb: Fe and its alloys
• 75.50.Pp: Magnetic semiconductors

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 124
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 873-876

Dates

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2013-11

Contributors

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K. Kalbarczyk

• Institute of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Hoża 69, 00-681 Warsaw, Poland

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K. Dziatkowski

• Institute of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Hoża 69, 00-681 Warsaw, Poland

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J. Szczytko

• Institute of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Hoża 69, 00-681 Warsaw, Poland

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J. Gosk

• Institute of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Hoża 69, 00-681 Warsaw, Poland

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M. Tokarczyk

• Institute of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Hoża 69, 00-681 Warsaw, Poland

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G. Kowalski

• Institute of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Hoża 69, 00-681 Warsaw, Poland

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A. Twardowski

• Institute of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Hoża 69, 00-681 Warsaw, Poland

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W. Bednarski

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

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A. Ostrowski

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

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S. Waplak

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

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J. Martinek

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

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X. Liu

• Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA

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J. Furdyna

• Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.124.873