Magnetic coupling at rare earth ferromagnet/transition metal ferromagnet interfaces: A comprehensive study of Gd/Ni

Higgs, T. D. C.; Bonetti, S.; Ohldag, H.; Banerjee, N.; Wang, X. L.; Rosenberg, A. J.; Cai, Z.; Zhao, J. H.; Moler, K. A.; Robinson, J. W. A.

doi:10.1038/srep30092

Title: Magnetic coupling at rare earth ferromagnet/transition metal ferromagnet interfaces: A comprehensive study of Gd/Ni

Journal Article · Fri Jul 22 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep30092· OSTI ID:1307328

Higgs, T. D. C. ^[1]; Bonetti, S. ^[2]; Ohldag, H. ^[3]; Banerjee, N. ^[4]; Wang, X. L. ^[5]; Rosenberg, A. J. ^[6]; Cai, Z. ^[1]; Zhao, J. H. ^[5]; Moler, K. A. ^[6]; Robinson, J. W. A. ^[1]

Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge (United Kingdom)
Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States); Stockholm Univ., Stockholm (Sweden)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge (United Kingdom); Loughborough Univ., Loughborough (United Kingdom)
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States)

Thin film magnetic heterostructures with competing interfacial coupling and Zeeman energy provide a fertile ground to study phase transition between different equilibrium states as a function of external magnetic field and temperature. A rare-earth (RE)/transition metal (TM) ferromagnetic multilayer is a classic example where the magnetic state is determined by a competition between the Zeeman energy and antiferromagnetic interfacial exchange coupling energy. Technologically, such structures offer the possibility to engineer the macroscopic magnetic response by tuning the microscopic interactions between the layers. We have performed an exhaustive study of nickel/gadolinium as a model system for understanding RE/TM multilayers using the element-specific measurement technique x-ray magnetic circular dichroism, and determined the full magnetic state diagrams as a function of temperature and magnetic layer thickness. We compare our results to a modified Stoner-Wohlfarth-based model and provide evidence of a thickness-dependent transition to a magnetic fan state which is critical in understanding magnetoresistance effects in RE/TM systems. In conclusion, the results provide important insight for spintronics and superconducting spintronics where engineering tunable magnetic inhomogeneity is key for certain applications.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1307328

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Vol. 6; ISSN 2045-2322

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