Magnetic Domain Structure and Spin Reorientation Transition in the System Co/Au/W(110)

1997 ◽  
Vol 475 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Duden ◽  
E. Bauer
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Domain Structure ◽  
Time Resolution ◽  
Magnetic Domain ◽  
Spin Reorientation ◽  
High Time Resolution ◽  
Spin Reorientation Transition ◽  
In Situ Experiments ◽  
Out Of Plane

ABSTRACTUltrathin epitaxial Co layers grown on Au(111) show strong perpendicular magnetic aniso-tropy resulting in out-of-plane magnetization in thin films. With increasing Co thickness the increasing contribution of the shape anisotropy leads to a reorientation transition of the magnetization which has already been subject of many other studies. In the dynamic in-situ experiments reported here bulk Au(111) is replaced by epitaxially grown Au(111)/W(110). The high time resolution (0.05 ML Co deposition per acquisition cycle) allows to extract several mechanisms which occur during the spin reorientation transition.

scholarly journals Pushing the temporal resolution in absorption and Zernike phase contrast nanotomography: enabling fast in situ experiments

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 1339-1346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silja Flenner ◽  
Malte Storm ◽  
Adam Kubec ◽  
Elena Longo ◽  
Florian Döring ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Image Quality ◽  
Temporal Resolution ◽  
Time Resolution ◽  
Phase Contrast ◽  
High Temporal Resolution ◽  
High Time Resolution ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
In Situ Experiments

Hard X-ray nanotomography enables 3D investigations of a wide range of samples with high resolution (<100 nm) with both synchrotron-based and laboratory-based setups. However, the advantage of synchrotron-based setups is the high flux, enabling time resolution, which cannot be achieved at laboratory sources. Here, the nanotomography setup at the imaging beamline P05 at PETRA III is presented, which offers high time resolution not only in absorption but for the first time also in Zernike phase contrast. Two test samples are used to evaluate the image quality in both contrast modalities based on the quantitative analysis of contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) and spatial resolution. High-quality scans can be recorded in 15 min and fast scans down to 3 min are also possible without significant loss of image quality. At scan times well below 3 min, the CNR values decrease significantly and classical image-filtering techniques reach their limitation. A machine-learning approach shows promising results, enabling acquisition of a full tomography in only 6 s. Overall, the transmission X-ray microscopy instrument offers high temporal resolution in absorption and Zernike phase contrast, enabling in situ experiments at the beamline.

Domains and domain nucleation in magnetron-sputtered CoCr thin films

1993 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 1046-1047
Author(s):  
B. G. Demczyk
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Domain Structure ◽  
Magnetic Domain ◽  
Domain Size ◽  
Film Plane ◽  
Magnetic Domain Structure ◽  
Perpendicular Magnetization ◽  
Columnar Grains ◽  
Reversal Mechanism ◽  
Lorentz Transmission Electron Microscopy

CoCr thin films have been of interest for a number of years due to their strong perpendicular anisotropy, favoring magnetization normal to the film plane. The microstructure and magnetic properties of CoCr films prepared by both rf and magnetron sputtering have been examined in detail. By comparison, however, relatively few systematic studies of the magnetic domain structure and its relation to the observed film microstructure have been reported. In addition, questions still remain as to the operative magnetization reversal mechanism in different film thickness regimes. In this work, the magnetic domain structure in magnetron sputtered Co-22 at.%Cr thin films of known microstructure were examined by Lorentz transmission electron microscopy. Additionally, domain nucleation studies were undertaken via in-situ heating experiments.It was found that the 50 nm thick films, which are comprised of columnar grains, display a “dot” type domain configuration (Figure 1d), characteristic of a perpendicular magnetization. The domain size was found to be on the order of a few structural columns in diameter.

scholarly journals Thin film bi-epitaxy and transition characteristics of TiO2/TiN buffered VO2 on Si(100) substrates

MRS Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (37) ◽  
pp. 2635-2640 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adele Moatti ◽  
Reza Bayati ◽  
Srinivasa Rao Singamaneni ◽  
Jagdish Narayan
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Thin Films ◽  
Magnetic Properties ◽  
Frequency Factor ◽  
Misfit Strain ◽  
Buffer Layers ◽  
Intrinsic Defects ◽  
Domain Matching Epitaxy ◽  
Out Of Plane

ABSTRACTBi-epitaxial VO2 thin films with [011] out-of-plane orientation were integrated with Si(100) substrates through TiO2/TiN buffer layers. At the first step, TiN is grown epitaxially on Si(100), where a cube-on-cube epitaxy is achieved. Then, TiN was oxidized in-situ ending up having epitaxial r-TiO2. Finally, VO2 was deposited on top of TiO2. The alignment across the interfaces was stablished as VO2(011)║TiO2(110)║TiN(100)║Si(100) and VO2(110) /VO2(010)║TiO2(011)║TiN(112)║Si(112). The inter-planar spacing of VO2(010) and TiO2(011) equal to 2.26 and 2.50 Å, respectively. This results in a 9.78% tensile misfit strain in VO2(010) lattice which relaxes through 9/10 alteration domains with a frequency factor of 0.5, according to the domain matching epitaxy paradigm. Also, the inter-planar spacing of VO2(011) and TiO2(011) equals to 3.19 and 2.50 Å, respectively. This results in a 27.6% compressive misfit strain in VO2(011) lattice which relaxes through 3/4 alteration domains with a frequency factor of 0.57. We studied semiconductor to metal transition characteristics of VO2/TiO2/TiN/Si heterostructures and established a correlation between intrinsic defects and magnetic properties.

scholarly journals Non-monotonic magnetic anisotropy behavior as a function of adsorbate coverage in Fe ultrathin films near the spin reorientation transition

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Quesada ◽  
G. Chen ◽  
A. T. N'Diaye ◽  
P. Wang ◽  
Y. Z. Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Monoxide ◽  
Magnetic Anisotropy ◽  
Ultrathin Films ◽  
Co Adsorption ◽  
Spin Reorientation ◽  
Spin Reorientation Transition ◽  
Out Of Plane

Carbon monoxide (CO) adsorption on ultrathin fcc Fe films is known to result in the rotation of magnetization from out-of-plane to in-plane.

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