Journal of Applied Physics -- April 15, 1999 -- Volume 85, Issue 8 pp. 4836-4838 

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Longitudinal spin-density-wave ordering in thin epitaxial chromium layers

       M. Rots, S. Demuynck, S. Cottenier, J. Dekoster, and J. Meersschaut 
       Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, K.U.L.-University. Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium 

Thin chromium films molecular beam epitaxy grown on partly relaxed MgO/Fe substrates held below T=150 °C are found either nonmagnetic below a chromium thickness
around 5.0 nm or in a single-Q magnetic domain with the longitudinal (spins-out-of-plane) spin-density-wave (SDW) ordering stable up to 500 K. The longitudinal
SDW-to-paramagnetic transition, the absence of the spin-flip transition and the actual character of the SDW depends on specific growth conditions. The present results
reveal the spin-flip transition in chromium as an anisotropy effect rather than an intrinsic feature of the SDW ordering. ©1999 American Institute of Physics. 

PII: S0021-8979(99)58808-7 
DOI: 10.1063/1.370037 
PACS: 75.30.Fv, 75.70.Ak, 75.50.Ee, 76.80.+y, 75.60.Ch, 75.70.Kw, 75.30.Kz