Magnetic anisotropy of ultrathin Fe films grown on vicinal Si (111)

We have investigated magnetic anisotropy of ultrathin Fe films grown on vicinal Si (111) with 4° miscut towards [11-2] direction. Spin reorientation transition (SRT) from out-of-plane to in-plane proceeds in a wider thickness range than on flat substrates. Meanwhile, the easy axis of in-plane uniaxi...

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Main Authors: Hao-Liang Liu, Wei He, Qiong Wu, Jun Ye, Xiang-Qun Zhang, Hai-Tao Yang, Zhao-Hua Cheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2013-06-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://link.aip.org/link/doi/10.1063/1.4809664