Magnetization Wrinkle in Thin Ferromagnetic Films
- 9 September 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 77 (11) , 2308-2311
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.77.2308
Abstract
Using spin-polarized low energy electron microscopy with polarization manipulation we have observed a new magnetic ordering pattern in thin Co films on W(110). The predominantly uniaxial in-plane magnetization is superimposed by a more fine-grained out-of-plane component in a striped or checkerboardlike arrangement, which is strongly modified by the step distribution. This results in a wrinkled magnetization which should occur also in many other systems.Keywords
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