[ ] [Image] [ ] Volume: Page/Article: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Article Collection: View Collection Help (Click on the [Check Box] to add an article.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phys. Rev. B 47, 5500–5503 (1993) [Issue 9 – 1 March 1993 ] [ Previous article | Next article | Issue 9 contents ] [Add to article collection] View Page Images , Figure Images or PDF (876 kB) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Structural transition in epitaxial Co-Cr superlattices W. Vavra Department of Physics, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 D. Barlett Department of Physics and Applied Physics Program, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 S. Elagoz, C. Uher, and Roy Clarke Department of Physics, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 Received 29 October 1992 Using a real-time reflection high-energy electron diffraction analysis technique, we show that the epitaxial growth of Co-Cr superlattices incorporates coherent close-packed Cr layers up to a thickness of 6 A-ring. Beyond this thickness there is an abrupt structural transition to bcc (110) Cr in the classic Nishiyama-Wasserman and Kurdjumov-Sachs orientations. Magnetization and magnetoresistance results indicate that interlayer coupling is very weak, which we attribute to the altered crystal structure in the Cr layers. ©1993 The American Physical Society URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRB/v47/p5500 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.47.5500 PACS: 68.55.-a, 61.14.Hg, 75.50.Rr ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Add to article collection] View Page Images , Figure Images or PDF (876 kB) [ Previous article | Next article | Issue 9 contents ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ References (Reference links marked with [dot] may require a separate subscription.) 1. P. Grünberg, J. Appl. Phys. 57, 3673 (1985) [[dot] SPIN]. 2. P. Grünberg, R. Schreiber, Y. Pang, M. B. Brodsky and H. Sowers, Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 2442 (1986). 3. M. N. Baibich, J. M. Broto, A. Fert, F. Nguyen Van Dau, F. Petroff, P. Eitenne, G. Creuzet, A. Friederich and J. Chazelas, Phys. Rev. Lett. 61, 2472 (1988). 4. G. Binasch, P. Grunberg, F. Saurenbach and W. Zinn, Phys. Rev. B 39, 4828 (1989). 5. S. S. P. Parkin, N. More and K. P. Roche, Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 2304 (1990). 6. J. Unguris, R. J. Celotta and D. T. Pierce, Phys. Rev. Lett. 67, 140 (1991). 7. S. T. Purcell, W. Folkerts, M. T. Johnson, N. W. E. McGee, K. Jager, J. aan de Stegge, W. B. Zeper, W. Hoving and P. Grünberg, Phys. Rev. Lett. 67, 903 (1991). 8. D. Bartlett, C. W. Snyder, B. G. Orr and Roy Clarke, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 62, 1263 (1991) [[dot] INSPEC]; marketed as Model KSA 300 by k-Space Associates Inc. 9. F. J. Lamelas, C. H. Lee, Hui He, W. Vavra and Roy Clarke, Phys. Rev. B 40, 5837 (1989). 10. C. W. Snyder, D. Barlett, B. G. Orr, P. K. Bhattacharya and J. Singh, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 9, 2189 (1991) [[dot] INSPEC]. 11. L. A. Bruce and H. Jaeger, Philos. Mag. A 38, 223 (1978) [[dot] INSPEC]. 12. E. Bauer and J. H. van der Merwe, Phys. Rev. B 33, 3657 (1986). 13. R. Ramirez, A. Rahman and I. K. Schuller, Phys. Rev. B 30, 6208 (1984). 14. S. Stoyanov, Surf. Sci. 172, 198 (1986) [[dot] INSPEC]. 15. Jian-hua Xu, A. J. Freeman, T. Jarlborg and M. B. Brodsky, Phys. Rev. B 29, 1250 (1984). 16. D. A. Papaconstantopoulos, J. L. Fry and N. E. Brener, Phys. Rev. B 39, 2526 (1989). 17. Y. Wang, P. M. Levy and J. L. Fry, Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 2732 (1990). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Add to article collection] View Page Images , Figure Images or PDF (876 kB) [Show Articles Citing This One] Requires Subscription [ Previous article | Next article | Issue 9 contents ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ APS | APS Journals | PROLA Homepage | Browse | Search ]