Brillouin light scattering investigations of exchange biased (110)-oriented NiFe/FeMn bilayers

  • All contributing magnetic anisotropies in (110)-oriented exchange biased Ni 80 Fe 20 /Fe 50 Mn 50 double layers prepared by molecular beam epitaxy on Cu(110) single crystals have been determined by means of Brillouin light scattering. Upon covering the Ni 80 Fe 20 films by Fe 50 Mn 50 , a unidirectional anisotropy contribution appears, which is consistent with the measured exchange bias field. The uniaxial and fourfold in-plane anisotropy contributions are largely modified by an amount, which scales with the Ni 80 Fe 20 thickness, indicating an interface effect. The strong uniaxial anisotropy contribution shows an in-plane switching of the easy axis from [110] to [001] with increasing Ni 80 Fe 20 -layer thickness. The large mode width of the spin wave excitations, which exceeds the linewidth of uncovered Ni 80 Fe 20 films by a factor of more than six, indicates large spatial variations of the exchange coupling constant. (C) 1998 American Institute of Physics.

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Author:Christoph Mathieu, Martin Bauer, Burkard Hillebrands, Jürgen Fassbender, G. Güntherodt, R. Jungblut, J. Kohlhepp, A. Reinders
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:386-kluedo-8617
Document Type:Article
Language of publication:English
Year of Completion:1997
Year of first Publication:1997
Publishing Institution:Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Date of the Publication (Server):1998/01/01
Faculties / Organisational entities:Kaiserslautern - Fachbereich Physik
DDC-Cassification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 530 Physik
Licence (German):Standard gemäß KLUEDO-Leitlinien vor dem 27.05.2011