The Influence of Quantum Size Effects on Magnetic Properties of Thin-Film Systems

Abstract:

Results on the investigation of magnetic and magneto-optical properties of Fe/NML/Fe (NML: Mo, Ta) thin-film systems are presented. The examined samples were prepared by DC magnetron sputtering technique. The hysteresis loops and spectral dependencies of the transverse Kerr effect (TKE) were measured employing the magneto-optical magnetometer and the magneto-optical spectrometer, respectively. The saturation field of the examined trilayers was revealed to oscillate as a function of the NML layer thickness, and the period of these oscillations to depend on the Fe layer thickness. The TKE spectra of the studied systems were found to be identical but the TKE values depend on the thickness of both Fe and Mo, Ta layers.

• Periodical: Solid State Phenomena (Volume 190)
• Pages: 514-517
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.190.514
• Online since: June 2012
• Authors: Elena E. Shalygina, Alisa Rozhnovskaya, Alexander Shalygin
• Keywords: Magnetic Property, Magneto-Optical Effect, Thin-Film Magnetic Systems

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