Oscillations of the Curie temperature and interlayer exchange coupling in magnetic trilayers
Oscillations of the Curie temperature and interlayer exchange coupling in magnetic trilayers
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevb.59.r3938
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发表时间:
1999-02
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
A. Ney;F. Wilhelm;M. Farle;P. Poulopoulos;P. Srivastava;K. Baberschke
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作者:
A. Ney;F. Wilhelm;M. Farle;P. Poulopoulos;P. Srivastava;K. Baberschke
The onset of long-range magnetic order in exchange-coupled epitaxial Co/Cu/Ni trilayers, 2\char21{}4 monolayers (ML) each, on Cu(001) is studied by element-specific x-ray magnetic circular dichroism between 30 and 300 K in ultrahigh vacuum. Oscillations of the enhancement of the ordering temperature of Ni $(\ensuremath{\Delta}{T}_{\mathrm{Ni}})$ by more than 40 K are measured as a function of interlayer exchange interaction by varying the Cu(001) spacer thickness. Below a Cu thickness of 2.3 ML antiferromagnetic coupling is measured. The period, phase, and amplitude of the $\ensuremath{\Delta}{T}_{\mathrm{Ni}}$ oscillations are in excellent agreement with the theoretical prediction for the short- and long-period oscillations of the interlayer exchange coupling.