Enhanced magnetization at the Cr/MgO(001) interface
- Laboratoire Léon Brillouin, IRAMIS, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif sur Yvette (France)
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)
- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des merisiers, 91192 Gif sur Yvette (France)
- Institut Jean Lamour, Université de Lorraine, 54500 Vandoeuvre les Nancy (France)
- CEMES-CNRS, 29 rue Jeanne Marvig, 31055 Toulouse Cedex (France)
We report on the magnetization at the Cr/MgO interface, which we studied through two complementary techniques: angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and polarized neutron reflectivity. We experimentally observe an enhanced interface magnetization at the interface, yet with values much smaller than the ones reported so far by theoretical and experimental studies on Cr(001) surfaces. Our findings cast some doubts on the interpretations on previous works and could be useful in antiferromagnetic spin torque studies.
- OSTI ID:
- 22486263
- Journal Information:
- Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 107, Issue 25; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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