分子束外延生长Fe/Fe50Mn50双层膜的交换偏置

利用表面磁光克尔效应和铁磁共振对分子束外延生长的Fe/Fe₅₀Mn₅₀双层膜的交换偏置场和矫顽力进行了研究,实验结果表明,当反铁磁层厚度小于55nm时 ,不出现交换偏置,而当大于这一厚度时,出现交换偏置;大约在7nm时,达到极大值.随着 反铁磁层厚度的继续增大,偏置场和矫顽力随Fe₅₀Mn₅₀膜厚的增大 而下降.铁磁共振实验结果表明样品的磁性存在单向各向异性.并对上述结果进行了讨论. 关键词： 分子束外延 50Mn₅₀')" href="#">Fe/Fe₅₀Mn₅₀ 双层膜 交换偏置     

Nd28Fe66B6/Fe50Co50双层纳米复合膜的结构和磁性

利用磁控溅射法制备了Nd28F66B6/Fe50Co50双层纳米复合磁性薄膜,研究了其结构和磁性.经873K退火处理15min后,利用x射线衍射仪测定薄膜晶体结构,采用俄歇电子能谱仪估算薄膜厚度和超导量子干涉仪测量其磁性.磁性测量表明,1)该系列薄膜具有垂直于膜面的磁各向异性.从起始磁化曲线和小回线的形状特征可知,矫顽力机制主要是由畴壁钉扎控制.2)对于固定厚度(10nm)层的硬磁相Nd-Fe-B和不同厚度(dFeCo=1-100nm)层软磁相FeCo双层纳米复合膜,剩磁随软磁相FeCo厚度的增加快速增加,而矫顽力则减少.当dFeCo=5nm时,最大磁能积达到160×103A/m.磁滞回线的单一硬磁相特征说明,硬磁相Nd-Fe-B层和软磁相FeCo层之间的相互作用使两相很好地耦合在一起.剩磁和磁能积的提高是由于两相磁性交换耦合所致.     

分子束外延生长Fe/Fe_(50)Mn_(50)双层膜的交换偏置

利用表面磁光克尔效应和铁磁共振对分子束外延生长的Fe/Fe50Mn50双层膜的交换偏置场和矫顽力进行了研究,实验结果表明,当反铁磁层厚度小于5.5!nm时,不出现交换偏置,而当大于这一厚度时,出现交换偏置;大约在7!nm时,达到极大值.随着反铁磁层厚度的继续增大,偏置场和矫顽力随Fe50Mn50膜厚的增大而下降.铁磁共振实验结果表明样品的磁性存在单向各向异性.并对上述结果进行了讨论.     

Effect of technological conditions on the magnetic and magnetoresistive properties of Fe20Ni80/Fe50Mn50 films

The effect several physical and technological factors have on the magnetic and magnetoresistive properties of Fe₂₀Ni₈₀/Fe₅₀Mn₅₀ multilayers is studied. The best technological conditions for preparing films with high exchange bias fields (～30 Oe) and high anisotropy of the magnetoresistive effect (～2%) are determined.     

Characterization of Fe and Fe50Ni50 ultrafine nanoparticles synthesized by inert gas-condensation method

Nanoparticles of Fe and Fe₅₀Ni₅₀ were synthesized by inert gas-condensation method under pure helium atmosphere. The prepared nanoparticles samples were examined by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and Mössbauer spectroscopy. The synthesized nanoparticles consisted of core-shell type structure nearly spherical shape with a size comprised within the range 4-70 nm and they occur as clusters or chains. The Mössbauer measurements as well as X-ray diffraction showed, in both cases, the presence of iron-oxide phases.     

Enhanced orbital magnetism in Fe(50)Pt(50) nanoparticles

X-ray absorption and magnetic circular dichroism spectra at both the Fe and Pt L(3,2) edges were measured on wet-chemically synthesized monodisperse Fe(50)Pt(50) particles with a mean diameter of 6.3 nm before and after complete removal of the organic ligands and the oxide shell covering the particles by soft hydrogen plasma resulting in a pure metallic state. After thermal treatment of the metallic particles, the coercive field increased by a factor of 6, the orbital magnetic moment at the Fe site increased by 330% and is reduced at the Pt site by 30%, while the effective spin moments did not change. A decrease of the frequency of oscillations in the extended x-ray absorption fine structure at the Pt L(3,2) edges provides evidence for crystallographic changes towards the L1(0) phase.     

Development of magnetic softness in high-energy ball milling alloyed Fe50B50

Results are reported about the phase distribution and magnetic properties of high-energy ball milled samples prepared from pure Fe and B powders and having nominal equiatomic composition. After milling the precursor powders for times from 40 to 270 h, the milling product consists of a majority amorphous phase and of milling-time-dependent small percentages of α-Fe, Fe₂B and FeB. The coercivities measured in the as-milled samples were of the order of thousands of A/m and decreased to tens of A/m after a short time; low temperature treatments decreased the coercivity. We propose that this softening process is linked to a combination of stress relaxation and of enhancement of the exchange coupling between the minority crystalline phases and amorphous matrix, this last fact leading to the elimination of hindrances to the domain wall motion.     

Mössbauer study of aging and annealing effects of Ag50Fe50 film

Aging at room temperature (RT) and thermal annealing of Ag₅₀Fe₅₀ films prepared by coevaporation method have been studied by in situ Mössbauer spectroscopy. Coherently precipitated fcc-Fe due to the segregation of Fe has been observed after aging and annealing at temperatures below 157°C, and α-Fe precipitation occurs at higher annealing temperatures.     

Perpendicular transport in Fe/InP/Fe heterostructures

Perpendicular electric transport in Fe/InP/Fe heterostructures with different terminations is investigated within the relativistic spin-polarized version of the screened Korringa–Kohn–Rostoker method and the Kubo–Greenwood formula, and compared to a Landauer-like approach. Both methods show that the magnetoresistance becomes constant with increasing spacer thickness.     

Magnetic properties of Fe/ZnSe/Fe trilayers

The magnetic properties of Fe/Zn/Fe trilayers have been studied by ferromagnetic resonance and magnetization measurements. These measurements have been used to investigate the magnetic anisotropy of the iron layers and the magnetic coupling across the semiconductor spacer. The angular dependence of the resonance spectra has been measured in-plane and out-of-plane in order to deduce magnetic anisotropy constants of the samples. Experimental data were fitted by using an energy-density expression that includes bulk cubic anisotropy, growth-induced uniaxial in-plane anisotropy and perpendicular-surface anisotropy terms. A small ferromagnetic coupling is observed in the trilayers with spacer thickness up to .     

Proximity effect in Fe/Pb/Fe trilayers

We have studied superconducting and magnetic properties of sputtered Fe/Pb/Fe-trilayers. For a fixed Pb thickness and with changing Fe thickness, , a monotonic decrease of the superconducting transition temperature was observed. Magnetization measurements clearly showed that Fe remains ferromagnetic down to the monolayer range. A quantitative comparison of with the theory of pair breaking by the exchange field reveals that the observed -suppression by the ferromagnetic Fe-layer is much weaker than expected. Possible reasons for the reduced -suppression in this system are discussed. Received: 30 June 1997 / Revised: 20 August 1997 / Accepted: 16 December 1997     

Swift ion irradiations of Fe/Fe/Si trilayers

We report here on changes in magnetism and microstructure when implanting, at 92 or 300 K, up to 5 × 10¹⁵ Au²⁶⁺-ions cm⁻² of 350 MeV into ^natFe(45 nm)/⁵⁷Fe(20 nm)/Si trilayers. This choice of ions and energy allowed to test the irradiation effects in the regime of pure electronic stopping. The samples were analysed before and after irradiation by Rutherford back-scattering spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, conversion electron Mössbauer spectroscopy, and magneto-optical Kerr effect. Up to 1 × 10¹⁵ ions cm⁻², there was interface broadening at a mixing rate of Δσ²/Φ = 55(5) nm⁴, followed by full Fe-Si inter-diffusion. The Mössbauer spectra revealed fractions of α-Fe and amorphous ferromagnetic and paramagnetic iron silicides, but no crystalline Fe-Si phase. The magnetic remanence in the as-deposited Fe-layer showed small components of uniaxial and four-fold magnetization. For increasing ion fluence, the component with four-fold symmetry grew at the expense of the uniaxial component. For the highest fluences, an isotropic magnetization was found.     

Coupled perpendicular magnetization in Fe/Cu/Fe trilayers

Ultrathin epitaxial Fe films on Cu(1 0 0) with perpendicular magnetization have been used as templates for the preparation of FCC Fe/Cu/Fe trilayers. The magnetic anisotropy and the coupling of these films have been studied by in-situ magneto optical Kerr effect measurements and Kerr microscopy. The magnetic coupling of both Fe layers is found to be dominated by magnetostatic interaction. Adsorbate-induced spin reorientation in the top layer also causes spin reorientation in the bottom layer. The governing role of the Fe-vacuum interface for the magnetism of the whole trilayer is demonstrated.     

Magnetic and magnetooptical properties of Fe/Pt and Fe/Pt/Fe thin-film magnetic structures

Results of a study of magnetic and magnetooptical properties of Fe/Pt double-layer and Fe/Pt/Fe three-layer thin-film magnetic structures are presented. A strong effect of the Pt layer on magnetic properties of the studied samples was revealed. It was established that the saturation field of three-layer magnetic structures has an oscillating magnitude with varying Pt layer thickness, and the oscillation period is a function of the Fe layer thickness. The data obtained are explained by the presence of exchange interaction between the Fe layers via the Pt layer. A strong effect of Pt on spectral dependences of the equatorial Kerr effect in the thin-film structures under study is revealed.     

Magnetic properties of Fe/Si/Fe trilayer films

The magnetization of Fe/Si/Fe trilayer films is experimentally investigated at low temperatures. It is found that the shape of the magnetization curves measured at T<30 K depends on the thermomagnetic state of the system. The possible mechanisms of the interaction between iron layers are discussed.     

Origin of biquadratic exchange in Fe/Si/Fe

The thickness and temperature dependences of the interlayer exchange coupling in well-defined molecular beam epitaxy-grown Fe/Si/Fe sandwich structures have been studied. The biquadratic coupling shows a strong temperature dependence in contrast to the bilinear coupling. Both depend exponentially on thickness. These observations can be well understood in the framework of Slonczewski's loose spins model [J. Appl. Phys. 73, 5957 (1993)]. No bilinear contribution of the loose spins to the coupling was observed.