Longitudinal spin-density-wave ordering in thin epitaxial chromium layers
Rots, M. ; Demuynck, S. ; Cottenier, S. ; Dekoster, J. ; Meersschaut, J.
[S.l.] : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Published 1999
[S.l.] : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Published 1999
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1089-7550
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AIP Digital Archive
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Physics
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Thin chromium films molecular beam epitaxy grown on partly relaxed MgO/Fe substrates held below T=150 °C are found either nonmagnetic below a chromium thickness around 5.0 nm or in a single-Q magnetic domain with the longitudinal (spins-out-of-plane) spin-density-wave (SDW) ordering stable up to 500 K. The longitudinal SDW-to-paramagnetic transition, the absence of the spin-flip transition and the actual character of the SDW depends on specific growth conditions. The present results reveal the spin-flip transition in chromium as an anisotropy effect rather than an intrinsic feature of the SDW ordering. © 1999 American Institute of Physics.
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Electronic Resource
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