Interlayer Exchange Coupling in Nb/Fe Multilayers

• Authors: A. Marczyńska , M. Pugaczowa-Michalska , B. Szymański , Ł. Majchrzycki , L. Smardz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The (110) oriented Nb-Fe multilayers (MLs) with constant Fe and variable Nb sublayer thicknesses were prepared at room temperature using UHV magnetron sputtering. The artificial periodicity was revealed by intense satellite peaks in the low- and high-angle X-ray diffraction patterns. Magnetic hysteresis loop measurements at 5 K revealed antiferromagnetic (AF) exchange coupling of the Fe sublayers for Nb spacer thickness of about 3 monolayers. The corresponding AF coupling energy is equal to about -1.36 mJ/m². The Nb spacer thickness corresponding to the position of the AF peak is in good agreement with ab-initio calculations within localized spin density approximations of exchange-correlation potential.

Keywords

EN

75.70.-i; 68.55.-a

Discipline

• 75.70.-i: Magnetic properties of thin films, surfaces, and interfaces(for magnetic properties of nanostructures, see 75.75.-c)
• 68.55.-a: Thin film structure and morphology(for methods of thin film deposition, film growth and epitaxy, see 81.15.-z)

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 133
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 605-608

Dates

published

2018-03

Contributors

author

A. Marczyńska

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

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M. Pugaczowa-Michalska

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

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B. Szymański

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

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Ł. Majchrzycki

• WCZT, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89C St., 61-614 Poznań, Poland

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L. Smardz

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

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.133.605