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Interlayer magnetic coupling in epitaxial Fe/Cr(211) and (100) superlattices

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:10194459
The authors present magnetic characterization of epitaxial Fe/Cr(211) and Fe/Cr(100) superlattices grown simultaneously on MgO(110) and (100) substrates, respectively. At room temperature, the coupling for these two orientations oscillates in sign with the same period (18{angstrom}), phase and strength. These results indicate that the long-period oscillation is independent of the nested feature of the Cr Fermi-surface. They examine the temperature dependence of interlayer coupling and find a uniform AF bias develops in the (211) samples upon cooling and observe strongly temperature-dependent biquadratic coupling in the (100) samples.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab., IL (United States). Materials Science Div.
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
10194459
Report Number(s):
ANL/MSD/CP--83081; CONF-9406204--2; ON: DE95002906
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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