Imaging Spin Reorientation Transitions in Consecutive Atomic Co layers

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dc.creatorGabaly, Farid El
dc.creatorGallego, Silvia
dc.creatorMunoz, Carmen
dc.creatorSzunyogh, Laszlo
dc.creatorWeinberger, Peter
dc.creatorKlein, Christof
dc.creatorSchmid, Andreas K.
dc.creatorMcCarty, Kevin F.
dc.creatorde la Figuera, Juan
dc.date2005-12-10
dc.date2006-04-02
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:53:16Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T06:53:16Z
dc.descriptionBy means of spin-polarized low-energy electron microscopy (SPLEEM) we show that the magnetic easy-axis of one to three atomic-layer thick cobalt films on ruthenium crystals changes its orientation twice during deposition: one-monolayer and three-monolayer thick films are magnetized in-plane, while two-monolayer films are magnetized out-of-plane, with a Curie temperature well above room temperature. Fully-relativistic calculations based on the Screened Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker (SKKR) method demonstrate that only for two-monolayer cobalt films the interplay between strain, surface and interface effects leads to perpendicular magnetization.
dc.description5 pages, 4 figures. Presented at the 2005 ECOSS conference in Berlin, and at the 2005 Fall meeting of the MRS. Accepted for publication at Phys. Rev. Lett., after minor changes
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0512220
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0512220
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. Lett. 96, 147202 (2006)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.147202
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/105523
dc.subjectMaterials Science
dc.titleImaging Spin Reorientation Transitions in Consecutive Atomic Co layers
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