Magnetic Anisotropy in Eus-pbs Multilayers

• Authors: T. Story , C. Swüste , H. Swagten , W. de Jonge , A. Stachow-Wójcik , A. Twardowski , M. Arciszewska , W. Dobrowolski , R. Gałązka , A. Sipatov
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We present the results of ferromagnetic resonance studies of the thickness dependence of magnetic anisotropy in 2 series of EuS-PbS multilayers grown on (111) BaF_{2} and (100) KCl substrates with the EuS thickness varying in the range d=6-70 Å. The anisotropy constant K was found to follow the dependence K(d)=K_{V}+2K_{S}/d , with the surface term K_{S} larger for layers grown on BaF_{2} as compared to KCl. This difference is discussed in terms of different thermal stress-induced distortions of cubic crystal lattice of EuS. We found that the thickness of EuS layer required for the perpendicular (to the layer) magnetization is d ≤ 2-3 Å, i.e., it is below 1 monolayer.

Keywords

EN

75.50.Pp; 75.70.Ak

Discipline

• 75.70.Ak: Magnetic properties of monolayers and thin films
• 75.50.Pp: Magnetic semiconductors

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2000
• Volume: 97
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 435-438

Dates

published

2000-03

Contributors

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T. Story

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

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C. Swüste

• Department of Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands

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H. Swagten

• Department of Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands

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W. de Jonge

• Department of Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands

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A. Stachow-Wójcik

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

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A. Twardowski

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

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M. Arciszewska

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

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W. Dobrowolski

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

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R. Gałązka

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

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A. Sipatov

• Kharkov = State Polytechnical University, 21, Frunze Street, 310002 Kharkov, Ukraine

Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.97.435