Influence of surface atomic steps on in-plane magnetic anisotropy of ultrathin Fe films on W(001)
- 15 May 1993
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 73 (10) , 6751-6753
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.352474
Abstract
Previous magneto-optic Kerr effect studies of ultrathin epitaxial Fe films grown on stepped W(001) surfaces yielded evidence of in-plane uniaxial magnetic anisotropy with magnetization perpendicular to the steps. We report spin-polarized secondary electron emission spectroscopy studies of the same system that confirms this novel micromagnetic phenomena, and provides a more detailed characterization of the zero-field in-plane spin configuration as a function of initial applied field direction.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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