Noncollinear Magnetization Structure at the Thickness-Driven Spin-Reorientation Transition in Epitaxial Fe Films on W(110)

Author(s)

Tomasz Slezak, Marcin Slezak, Marcin Zajac, Kinga Freindl, Anna Koziol-Rachwal, Krzysztof Matlak, Nika Spiridis, Dorota Wilgocka-Slezak, Ewa Partyka-Jankowska, Markus Rennhofer, A Chumakov, Svetoslav Stankov, Rudolf Rüffer, Jozef Korecki

Abstract

An in-plane spin-reorientation transition occurring during the growth of epitaxial Fe films on W(110) was studied in situ by using the nuclear resonant scattering of synchrotron radiation. The spin-reorientation transition originates at the Fe/W(110) interface and proceeds via a noncollinear spin structure resembling a planar domain wall that propagates towards the surface with increasing film thickness.

Organisation(s)

Dynamics of Condensed Systems

External organisation(s)

AGH University of Science and Technology, Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS), Arsenal Research : Österreichisches Forschungs- und Prüfzentrum Arsenal Ges.m.b.H., European Synchrotron Radiation Facility ESRF

Journal

Physical Review Letters

Volume

105

No. of pages

4

ISSN

0031-9007

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.027206

Publication date

2010

Peer reviewed

Yes

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

1030 Physics, Astronomy

Portal url

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/22225a12-1c20-41c9-a5f0-d2b2aaf28ad1