Wednesday, October 3, 2012

1210.0517 (W. E. Bailey et al.)

Pd magnetism induced by indirect interlayer exchange coupling    [PDF]

W. E. Bailey, A. Ghosh, S. Auffret, E. Gautier, U. Ebels, F. Wilhelm, A. Rogalev
We show that very large paramagnetic moments are created in ultrathin Pd layers through indirect interlayer exchange coupling. Pd $L$-edge x-ray magnetic circular dichroism measurements show Pd moments in [Pd(2.5nm)/Cu(3nm)/Ni$_{81}$Fe$_{19}$(5nm)/Cu(3nm)]$_{20}$ superlattices which are ferromagnetically aligned with the applied field and nearly 3% the size of Pd moments created in directly exchange coupled [Pd(2.5nm)/Ni$_{81}$Fe$_{19}$(5nm)]$_{20}$ superlattices. The induced moment is two orders of magnitude larger than that expected from RKKY exchange acting on the bulk paramagnetic susceptibility of Pd.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.0517

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