*Register * or Login: Password: Quick Search: within *55 of 82* *Physica B: Condensed Matter* Volume 221, Issues 1-4 , 2 April 1996, Pages 370-376 This Document *Abstract* PDF (490 K) Actions Cited By Save as Citation Alert E-mail Article Export Citation doi:10.1016/0921-4526(95)00951-5 Neutron diffraction and reflectivity studies of the Cr Néel transition in Fe/Cr (0 0 1) superlattices * * *Eric E. Fullerton^a <#orfa>^, ^* <#cor*>, S. Adenwalla^a <#orfa>, G. P. Felcher^a <#orfa>, K. T. Riggs^a <#orfa>, C. H. Sowers^a <#orfa>, S. D. Bader^a <#orfa> and J. L. Robertson^b <#orfb> * ^a Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory Argonne, IL 60439 USA ^b Solid State Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, TN USA Available online 12 February 1999. Abstract The effects on the interlayer coupling of the Cr Néel transition is studied in Fe/Cr(0 0 1) superlattices. The Néel transition is suppressed for Cr layer thickness < 42 å. For > 42 å of Cr, the Néel temperature /T/_N initially increases rapidly and then asymptotically approaches its bulk value with a three-dimensional transition-temperature shift exponent value of = 1.4 ± 0.3. Neutron diffraction confirms both the Cr antiferromagnetic order and the existence of the incommensurate, transverse spin density wave whose nesting wave vector is the same as that of bulk Cr. The ordering of the Cr dramatically alters the coupling of the Fe layers. The biquadratic Fe interlayer coupling observed for /T/ >/T/_N vanishes below /T/_N as confirmed by polarized neutron reflectivity. The behavior can be understood in terms of finite-size and spin frustration effects at rough Fe-Cr interfaces. ^* <#bcor*>Corresponding author. This Document *Abstract* PDF (490 K) Actions Cited By Save as Citation Alert E-mail Article Export Citation *Physica B: Condensed Matter * Volume 221, Issues 1-4 , 2 April 1996, Pages 370-376 *55 of 82* Feedback | Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy Copyright © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. ScienceDirect® is a registered trademark of Elsevier B.V.