Magnetic properties of ultrathin Fe films grown on stepped W(001) and Pd(001) substrates
- Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)
- Material Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)
In both Fe/W(001) and Fe/Pd(001) systems, the atomic steps induce an in-plane uniaxial magnetic anisotropy with the easy magnetization axis perpendicular to the step edges. The strength of the step-induced anisotropy was found to have a power law dependence on the step density: a quadratic dependence in the Fe/W system but a linear dependence in the Fe/Pd system. In addition, the Curie temperature is found to be higher on the stepped surface in the Fe/Pd system as compared to the flat surface. The enhancement of the Curie temperature is attributed to the step-induced Pd moments which is supported by the increased surface magneto-optic Kerr effect signal on the stepped surface. No such enhancement of either Curie temperature or magnetic moment was observed in the Fe/W system. {copyright} {ital 1999 American Institute of Physics.}
- OSTI ID:
- 336627
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 85, Issue 8; Other Information: PBD: Apr 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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