Exchange coupling in amorphous rare earth-iron alloys
Exchange coupling in amorphous rare earth-iron alloys
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非晶态稀土铁合金中的交换耦合
DOI:
10.1063/1.30549
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发表时间:
2008
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通讯作者:
R. Potter
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作者:
N. Heiman;Kenneth K. C. Lee;R. Potter
The technologically important amorphous rare earth (RE)-transition metal (TM) alloys provide an excellent system for investigating basic magnetic phenomena in amorphous magnetic materials. The sensitivity of the magnetic properties of the amorphous RE-TM alloys to slight compositional changes indicated the need for a rapid survey of the systematic variation of their properties. A brief review of this survey and the theoretical models is presented. One result is to point out Fe as the most favorable TM for obtaining a more detailed understanding of the magnetic properties. Data are presented from /sup 57/Fe Moessbauer effect, magnetometer and magneto-optic measurements on amorphous RE(Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Tm, Yb, Lu)-Fe amorphous alloy films. The Moessbauer effect results indicate that the Fe spin decreases with increasing RE content but the rate of decrease is dependent on the RE effective spin, (g - 1)J. A mean field theory model is presented which reasonably reproduces the magnetic properties of the amorphous RE--Fe alloys, and which provides useful insights into their properties. 9 figures, 30 references.