Nuclear resonant magnetometry and its application to Fe/Cr multilayers

We introduce nuclear resonant magnetometry as a means to record the magnetization curve of isotopically enhanced regions of a sample. It is based on nuclear resonant scattering with circularly polarized synchrotron radiation and the use of a nuclear resonant reference sample. We apply this approach...

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Published inPhysical review letters Vol. 93; no. 3; p. 037201
Main Authors L'abbé, C, Meersschaut, J, Sturhahn, W, Jiang, J S, Toellner, T S, Alp, E E, Bader, S D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 16.07.2004
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Summary:We introduce nuclear resonant magnetometry as a means to record the magnetization curve of isotopically enhanced regions of a sample. It is based on nuclear resonant scattering with circularly polarized synchrotron radiation and the use of a nuclear resonant reference sample. We apply this approach to study the interlayer coupling in Fe/Cr(100) multilayers and to obtain a layer-specific magnetization curve. Our measurements provide experimental evidence for the existence of a nontrivial interlayer-coupling angle in Fe/Cr/Fe.
ISSN:0031-9007
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.037201