Abstract
Ultrathin 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.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
E. Bauer, in Handbopk of Microscopy, edited by S. Amelynckx, D. van Dyck, J. van Landuyt and G. van Tendeloo (VCH, New York, 1997), p. 487.
E. Bauer, in Handbook of Microscopy, edited by S. Amelynckx, D. van Dyck, J. van Landuyt and G. van Tendeloo (VCH, New York, 1997), p. 751.
T. Duden and E. Bauer, Rev. Sci. Instr. 66, 2861 (1995).
H. Pinkvos, H. Poppa, E. Bauer, J. Hurst, Ultramicroscopy 47, 339 (1992).
H. Fritsche, J. Kohlhepp, U. Gradmann, Phys. Rev. B 51, 15933 (1995).
T. Duden and E. Bauer, Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 2308 (1996).
R. Allenspach, M. Stampanoni, A. Bischof, Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 3344 (1990)
Acknowledgement
The authors wish to express their thanks to the Technische Universität Clausthal for the loan of the SPLEEMI equipment and the Arizona State University for the support of this work.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Duden, T., Bauer, E. Magnetic Domain Structure and Spin Reorientation Transition in the System Co/Au/W(110). MRS Online Proceedings Library 475, 283–288 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-475-283
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-475-283