The coupling of interlayers in compositionally modulated (Fe-Si)/Si amorphous films
Yi-Hua-Liu; Xiao-Ding Ma; Liang-Mo Mei; Yi-Hua-Liu; Dept. of Phys., Shandong Univ., China; Xiao-Ding Ma; Dept. of Phys., Shandong Univ., China; Liang-Mo Mei; Dept. of Phys., Shandong Univ., China
Журнал:
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
Дата:
1991-05-20
Аннотация:
Compositionally modulated (Fe-Si)/Si amorphous films have been obtained by RF sputtering. Varying the thickness d<sub>s</sub> of Si layers with a fixed thickness of the Fe-Si layers, it is found that, when d<sub>s</sub> is smaller than a critical value, a strong-coupling effect between magnetic layers begins to occur. The results are that the low-hysteresis effect disappears, the saturation magnetization M<sub>s</sub> and Curie temperature T<sub>C</sub> increase monotonically with decreasing d<sub>s</sub>, and perpendicular anisotropy appears. The experiments showed that M<sub>s</sub> increases exponentially and T<sub>C</sub> increases linearly with decreasing d<sub>s</sub> because of the coupling effect.
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