Fermi surface study of pseudomorphic Fe{sub 1{minus}x}Ni{sub x} and Co{sub 1{minus}x}Ni{sub x} thin films on Cu(100)
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 (United States)
- University of Missouri, Rolla, Missouri (United States)
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California (United States)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California (United States)
We report angle resolved photoemission studies of the electronic behavior of ultrathin epitaxial layers of fcc structured binary alloys, Fe{sub 1{minus}x}Ni{sub x} and Co{sub 1{minus}x}Ni{sub x}, deposited by molecular beam epitaxy on Cu(100) substrates. In particular, we have used Fermi surface mapping to monitor changes in the Fermi surface with increasing magnetization density. Fe{sub 1{minus}x}Ni{sub x} and Co{sub 1{minus}x}Ni{sub x} binary alloys show a different behavior in the bulk. Co{sub 1{minus}x}Ni{sub x} is structurally and magnetically well-behaved. In particular, the magnetic moment varies linearly as a function of concentration. This is in sharp contrast to fcc Fe{sub 1{minus}x}Ni{sub x} which displays a magnetic instability at {approximately}65{percent} Fe content. An extended regime of fcc stability is possible via epitaxy on Cu(100). The changes in the Fermi surfaces of Fe{sub 1{minus}x}Ni{sub x} and Co{sub 1{minus}x}Ni{sub x} pseudomorphic film alloys depending on various concentrations of Ni have been investigated in a large photon energy regime. We address the following question: To what degree is the Fermi surface sharply preserved in substitutional alloys? {copyright} {ital 1999 American Vacuum Society.}
- OSTI ID:
- 359788
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-981126-; ISSN 0734-2101; TRN: 9914M0036
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology, A, Vol. 17, Issue 4; Conference: 45. annual American Vacuum Society symposium and topical conference, Baltimore, MD (United States), 2-6 Nov 1998; Other Information: PBD: Jul 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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