Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Volume 203, Issues 1-3
,
August 1999,
Pages 181-183
doi:10.1016/S0304-8853(99)00221-8
Copyright © 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Morphology of crystallites and magnetic structure of non-collinear Fe/Cr multilayers
T. P. Krinitsinaa, E. A. Kravtsova, V. V. Lauter-Passioukb, H. J. Lauterc, V. V. Popova, L. N. Romasheva, V. A. Tsurina, A. M. Burkhanova and V. V. Ustinov, , a
a Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 18 S. Kovalevskaya Str., GSP-170, 62019 Ekaterinburg, Russia
b University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
c Institute Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France
Available online 21 October 1999.
Abstract
Atomic and magnetic structures of Fe/Cr superlattices have been studied by means of polarized neutron reflectometry, X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy and Mössbauer spectroscopy. Peculiarities of structure responsible for the formation of non-collinear magnetic order have been found.
Author Keywords: Giant magnetoresistance; Microstructure; Metallic multilayers; Superlattices; Polarized neutron reflectometry; X-ray diffraction; Electron microscopy