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Spin and orbital moments in Au/Co/Au(111)/W(110) across the spin-reorientation transition-temperature

Removic-Langer, K ; Hunter Dunn, Jonathan LU ; Langer, J ; Arvanitis, D ; Maletta, H and Holub-Krappe, E (2003) In Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 200. p.210-214
Abstract
The temperature-driven spin-reorientation transition (SRT) has been investigated in a layer of 2.1 nm Co in Au/Co/Au. We studied the evolution and stability of the in-plane magnetization components in the temperature range from 300 to 90 K by means of polarized neutron reflectometry (PNR) and Co L-edge X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) measurements. The PNR measurement provides evidence for the occurrence of a SRT in this temperature range. XMCD can be used as a vector magnetometer that yields both the in- and out-of-plane magnetization components per Co atom. Combining the results of both techniques (PNR and XMCD) allows separating the orbital and spin magnetic moments using magneto-optical sum rules. We observed that already above... (More)
The temperature-driven spin-reorientation transition (SRT) has been investigated in a layer of 2.1 nm Co in Au/Co/Au. We studied the evolution and stability of the in-plane magnetization components in the temperature range from 300 to 90 K by means of polarized neutron reflectometry (PNR) and Co L-edge X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) measurements. The PNR measurement provides evidence for the occurrence of a SRT in this temperature range. XMCD can be used as a vector magnetometer that yields both the in- and out-of-plane magnetization components per Co atom. Combining the results of both techniques (PNR and XMCD) allows separating the orbital and spin magnetic moments using magneto-optical sum rules. We observed that already above the SRT the in-plane orbital moment component changes significantly stronger than the spin component. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. (Less)
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Co thin film, SRT, XMCD, PNR
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Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
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200
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210 - 214
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Elsevier
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0168-583X
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10.1016/S0168-583X(02)01721-4
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English
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  abstract     = {{The temperature-driven spin-reorientation transition (SRT) has been investigated in a layer of 2.1 nm Co in Au/Co/Au. We studied the evolution and stability of the in-plane magnetization components in the temperature range from 300 to 90 K by means of polarized neutron reflectometry (PNR) and Co L-edge X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) measurements. The PNR measurement provides evidence for the occurrence of a SRT in this temperature range. XMCD can be used as a vector magnetometer that yields both the in- and out-of-plane magnetization components per Co atom. Combining the results of both techniques (PNR and XMCD) allows separating the orbital and spin magnetic moments using magneto-optical sum rules. We observed that already above the SRT the in-plane orbital moment component changes significantly stronger than the spin component. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.}},
  author       = {{Removic-Langer, K and Hunter Dunn, Jonathan and Langer, J and Arvanitis, D and Maletta, H and Holub-Krappe, E}},
  issn         = {{0168-583X}},
  keywords     = {{Co thin film; SRT; XMCD; PNR}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{210--214}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms}},
  title        = {{Spin and orbital moments in Au/Co/Au(111)/W(110) across the spin-reorientation transition-temperature}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-583X(02)01721-4}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/S0168-583X(02)01721-4}},
  volume       = {{200}},
  year         = {{2003}},
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