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Magnetic Properties of Rare-Earth/Fe Multilayered Films with Artificial Superstructures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2012

Teruya Shinjo
Affiliation:
Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto-fu 611 Japan
Ko Mibu
Affiliation:
Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto-fu 611 Japan
Shinichi Ogawa
Affiliation:
Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto-fu 611 Japan
Nobuyoshi Hosoito
Affiliation:
Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto-fu 611 Japan
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Abstract

By using UHV deposition technique, multilayered films consisting of Fe and rare-earth (Dy, Nd or Y) layers were prepared. Magnetic properties of Fe layers were investigated from 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy. From SQUID magnetic measurements, the behavior of rare-earth layers was studied. In Fe/Dy and Fe/Nd multilayers, there often exists a large perpendicular anisotropy. Mössbauer spectra evidenced that, in certain samples, the magnetization changes the direction, from in-plane at high temperature to perpendicular at low temperature. The origin of the perpendicular anisotropy is attributed to interface rare-earth atoms which are magnetically coupled with ferromagnetic Fe layers even at higher than their bulk Curie temperatures.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1989

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