Title :
Magnetic properties of thin chromium Layers in Gd/Cr and Y/Cr multilayers studied using 119Sn Mössbauer spectroscopy
Author :
Jiko, Norihiro ; Mibu, Ko ; Baczewski, Lech T.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Chem. Res., Kyoto Univ., Japan
Abstract :
Magnetism of Cr layers in Cr/Sn/Cr/Gd and Cr/Sn/Cr/Y multilayers with monatomic Sn layers grown on polyimide substrates has been studied using 119Sn Mössbauer spectroscopy. The results are quite different from those for Cr/Sn multilayers without the rare-earth metals. It is suggested that the Gd and Y layers have a strong effect that makes neighboring Cr nonmagnetic.
Keywords :
Mossbauer spectroscopy; antiferromagnetism; chromium alloys; gadolinium alloys; magnetic moments; magnetic multilayers; metallic epitaxial layers; yttrium alloys; Gd-Cr; Mossbauer spectroscopy; Y-Cr; magnetic properties; multilayers; thin layers; Chromium; Hafnium; Iron; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic multilayers; Magnetic properties; Nonhomogeneous media; Polyimides; Spectroscopy; Tin; Antiferromagnetic materials; MÖssbauer spectroscopy; nonhomogeneous media; rare-earth metals; transition metals;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMAG.2005.854710
