Brillouin light scattering has been exploited in situ to study spin waves in ultrathin Co/GaAs(0 0 1) films of different thickness in the range between 1 and 7 nm, i.e. both before and after the bcc-hcp phase transition. A marked evolution of the in-plane anisotropy has been observed in connection with the structural transformation. Measurements of the spin-wave frequency as a function of the in-plane direction and of the intensity of the applied magnetic field, as well as of the incidence angle of light, enabled us to determine the magnetic parameters of the films, including the in-plane anisotropy constants.
Thickness dependence of magnetic anisotropy in ultrathin Co/GaAs(100) films
G Gubbiotti;
2004
Abstract
Brillouin light scattering has been exploited in situ to study spin waves in ultrathin Co/GaAs(0 0 1) films of different thickness in the range between 1 and 7 nm, i.e. both before and after the bcc-hcp phase transition. A marked evolution of the in-plane anisotropy has been observed in connection with the structural transformation. Measurements of the spin-wave frequency as a function of the in-plane direction and of the intensity of the applied magnetic field, as well as of the incidence angle of light, enabled us to determine the magnetic parameters of the films, including the in-plane anisotropy constants.File in questo prodotto:
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