Interfacial Electronic Scattering in Fe/Cr Superlattices

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The magnetorefractive effect (MRE) has been measured in the infrared spectral region of 1.2-28 μm in MBE-grown Fe/Cr superlattices with variable Fe and Cr layers thicknesses in p-polarized light. The magnetic and magnetooptical properties have been studied as well. From the MRE spectra modeling in the framework of magnetoreflection theory for multilayered structures, the parameters of interfacial spin dependent scattering of conductivity electrons have been defined for different types of exchange coupling between adjacent Fe layers. The dependence of interfacial scattering parameters on Fe and Cr layer thickness is discussed.

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Solid State Phenomena (Volume 215)

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