Magnetization direction switching in Fe/Cu(100) epitaxial films: Temperature and thickness dependence
- 7 December 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 69 (23), 3385-3388
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.69.3385
Abstract
The magnetization direction switching is investigated in epitaxial Fe/Cu(100) films by spin-polarized scanning electron microscopy. We follow the transition from perpendicular to in-plane magnetization with both increasing film thickness and varying temperature. No variation of magnetic moment with magnetization direction change is found. A perpendicular stripe domain configuration is identified which evolves from the low-temperature single-domain state during the reorientation phase transition.This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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