Experimental confirmation of quantum oscillations of magnetic anisotropy in Co/Cu(001)
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Dabrowski, M.
Przybylski, M.
Kirschner, J.
Bauer, Uwe
Date Issued
October 2011
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Physical Review B
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American Physical Society (APS)
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Bauer, U. et al. “Experimental Confirmation of Quantum Oscillations of Magnetic Anisotropy in Co/Cu(001).” Physical Review B 84.14 (2011): n. pag. Web. 17 Feb. 2012. © 2011 American Physical Society
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Abstract
The effect of quantum well states on the magnetic anisotropy of Co films grown on vicinal Cu(001) substrates was studied by in situ magneto-optic Kerr effect in a temperature range of 5 K to 365 K. The uniaxial magnetic anisotropy is found to oscillate as a function of Co thickness with a period of 2.3 atomic layers, modulated exactly as theoretically predicted by L. Szunyogh et al. [ Phys. Rev. B 56 14036 (1997)] and independently by M. Cinal [ J. Phys. Condens. Matter 15 29 (2003)] and M. Cinal and A. Umerski [ Phys. Rev. B 73 184423 (2006)]. Sub-monolayer Au coverage was used to fine-tune magnetic anisotropy and to provide convenient experimental access to anisotropy oscillations. The anisotropy oscillations, which are present up to room temperature, are attributed to quantum well states in the minority d band at the Fermi level of Co.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.144433
