Тип публикации: статья из журнала
Год издания: 2010
Идентификатор DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2010.05.002
Ключевые слова: Ni-Ge layer structures, Faraday rotation, Magnetization curves, Exchange bias effect, NiGe layer structures, Complex compositions, Exchange bias effects, Faraday rotations, Film planes, Film surfaces, Layer structures, Layer thickness, Layered films, Magnetic and magneto-optical properties, Mutual diffusion, Substrate surface, Thermal treatment, Germanium, Heat treatment, Magnetization, Magnetos, Nickel compounds, Rotation, Solids, Optical properties
Аннотация: Magnetic and magneto-optical properties of layered Ge-Ni-Ge-Ni-Ge films have been investigated with the morphology of the film surface being studied also. It is shown that the films reproduce roughness of the glass-substrate surface which is similar to the grains 2-4 nm high and 100-400 nm long in any direction within the film planПоказать полностьюe. Thermal treatment results in a decrease of the grains height and their broadening. Non-monotonous change of the Faraday rotation (FR) value due to thermal treatment has been revealed. The inverse linear FR value dependence on the intermediate Ge layer thickness has been obtained. The exchange bias effect is observed at temperatures lower than approximately 50K which was ascribed to the formation of the complex composition interface due to the Ge and Ni mutual diffusion. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Журнал: PHYSICA E-LOW-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS & NANOSTRUCTURES
Выпуск журнала: Vol. 42, Is. 9
Номера страниц: 2301-2306
ISSN журнала: 13869477
Место издания: AMSTERDAM
Издатель: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV