Spatial Fluctuations of Loose Spin Coupling in CuMn/Co Multilayers

dc.contributor.authorSaerbeck, T.
dc.contributor.authorLoh, N.
dc.contributor.authorLott, D.
dc.contributor.authorToperverg, B. P.
dc.contributor.authorMulders, A. M.
dc.contributor.authorFraile Rodríguez, Arantxa
dc.contributor.authorFreeland, J. W.
dc.contributor.authorAli, M.
dc.contributor.authorHickey, B. J.
dc.contributor.authorStampfl, A. P. J.
dc.contributor.authorKlos, F.
dc.contributor.authorStamps, R. L.
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-27T14:19:05Z
dc.date.available2019-06-27T14:19:05Z
dc.date.issued2011-09-12
dc.date.updated2019-06-27T14:19:05Z
dc.description.abstractA detailed investigation of magnetic impurity-mediated interlayer exchange coupling observed in Cu 0.94 Mn 0.06 / Co multilayers using polarized neutron reflectometry and magnetic x-ray techniques is reported. Excellent descriptions of temperature and magnetic field dependent biquadratic coupling are obtained using a variant of the loose spin model that takes into account the distribution of the impurity Mn ions in three dimensions. Positional disorder of the magnetic impurities is shown to enhance biquadratic coupling via a new contribution J fluct 2 , leading to a temperature dependent canting of magnetic domains in the multilayer. These results provide measurable effects on RKKY coupling associated with the distribution of impurities within planes parallel to the interfaces.
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dc.identifier.idgrec598950
dc.identifier.issn0031-9007
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/135997
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Society
dc.relation.isformatofReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.127201
dc.relation.ispartofPhysical Review Letters, 2011, vol. 107, num. 12, p. 127201
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.127201
dc.rights(c) American Physical Society, 2011
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dc.sourceArticles publicats en revistes (Física de la Matèria Condensada)
dc.subject.classificationNanotecnologia
dc.subject.classificationExperiments
dc.subject.otherNanotechnology
dc.subject.otherExperiments
dc.titleSpatial Fluctuations of Loose Spin Coupling in CuMn/Co Multilayers
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