Min, D.
, Lee, S.
and Moreland, J.
(2008),
In-Situ Torque Magnetometry: Magnetic Coupling in Fe/Cr/Fe Thin-Film Systems, Journal of the Korean Physical Society
(Accessed April 16, 2024)
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In-Situ Torque Magnetometry: Magnetic Coupling in Fe/Cr/Fe Thin-Film Systems
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Author(s)
, S. B. Lee,
Abstract
We have developed an ultra-sensitive torque magnetometer tailored to the study of thin-film interface magnetism and interlayer magnetic exchange coupling. The magnetometer was composed of an optical-fiber interferometer and a customized silicon cantilever that was fabricated using silicon micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) technology. The performance of the magnetometer was gauged by measureing the couplings of the Fe/Cr/Fe trilayer system deposited on a Si <110> substrate. The antiferomagnetic stacking of the Cr layers of the Fe/Cr/Fe system and the parallel or the antiparallel coupling between the bottom Fe and the top Fe layers with various Cr spacer thicknesses were monitored by using a MEMS torque magnetometer. We found short- (2.05 ML Cr spacer thickness) and long-period (13.80 ML Cr spacer thickness) oscillations of the interlayer exchange coupling of the Fe/Cr/Fe trilayer system.Citation
Journal of the Korean Physical Society
Volume
53
Issue
4
Pub Type
Journals
Keywords
MEMS torque magnetometer, Cantilever, Interlayer exchange coupling
Citation
Created October 30, 2008, Updated October 12, 2021