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Flipping magnetization induced by noncollinear ferromagnetic-antiferromagnetic exchange coupling.
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Physical Review B: Condensed Matter & Materials Physics . Mar2012, Vol. 85 Issue 9, p1-6. 6p. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- We present a direct observation of a flipping magnetization of a uniform Fe film/wedged-Mn bilayer induced by a biquadratic-type exchange coupling established at the interface. The element-resolved magnetic imaging shows that the Fe film exhibited a flipping of magnetization between the [&1horbar00] and [010] directions with a periodicity of one monolayer Mn thickness as below a critical temperature. The enhancement of the variation angle with the increase of Mn thickness follows the tendency of the finite-size effect of antiferromagnetism on interface exchange coupling. The flipping magnetization emerging coincidentally with the uncompensated-compensated transition of Mn magnetic surface indicates a frustration-induced biquadratic-type interface exchange coupling, and suggests a layered-like uncompensated AFM ordering for the Mn layer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10980121
- Volume :
- 85
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Physical Review B: Condensed Matter & Materials Physics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 76153796
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.094412