Soft perpendicular magnetization and spin reorientation transition of Fe films on NiAl(001)

Yin Chih Lin; Chii Bin Wu; Wei Shu Li; Ying Chin Chen; Zheng Yuan Huang; Wen Chin Lin; Minn Tsong Lin

doi:10.7567/APEX.7.023005

Soft perpendicular magnetization and spin reorientation transition of Fe films on NiAl(001)

Yin Chih Lin
, Chii Bin Wu
, Wei Shu Li
, Ying Chin Chen
, Zheng Yuan Huang
, Wen Chin Lin^*
, Minn Tsong Lin

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Physics

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Ultrathin Fe films were deposited on NiAl(001) for studies of their magnetic properties and crystalline structures. Thickness-driven perpendicular to in-plane spin reorientation transition was observed at a thickness of ∼4 monolayers (MLs) at room temperature without structural variation. At less than the critical thickness, the Fe film's easy axis is perpendicular to the surface plane with a small coercive field (H_c ≈ 1 Oe), which was much smaller than that of other systems with perpendicular anisotropy. The Fe/NiAl(001) system revealed an extremely soft perpendicular magnetization. At more than the critical thickness, the easy axis lays in the surface plane. The magnetic anisotropy terms were calculated and discussed through a phenomenological model. The weaker surface anisotropy might be attributed to the reconstructed NiAl(001) surface.

Original language	English
Article number	023005
Journal	Applied Physics Express
Volume	7
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7567/APEX.7.023005
Publication status	Published - 2014 Feb

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