Magnetization reversal properties near the reorientation phase transition of ultrathin Fe/Ag(100) films
- 15 April 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 79 (8) , 5619-5621
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.362261
Abstract
We have measured the magnetization reversal properties of ultrathin Fe/Ag(100) films in the vicinity of the reorientation phase transition using the magneto‐optical Kerr effect. Near the reorientation temperature Tr, we observe a characteristic change in the perpendicular magnetization curves M(H) from a strongly nonlinear behavior for T<Tr to a simple linear field dependence above Tr. The experimental observations are discussed within the context of the expected temperature‐dependent magnetization structure and the corresponding magnetization reversal processes.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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