Exchange-induced frustration in Fe/NiO multilayers

Details Exchange-induced frustration in Fe/NiO multilayers Exchange-induced frustration in Fe/NiO multilayers

2007-05-28

arxiv.org/abs/0705.4106v2

Physical Review B 76, 214425 (2007)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

15 pages, 2 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.76.214425

Using spin-polarized low-energy electron microscopy to study magnetization in epitaxial layered systems, we found that the area vs perimeter relationship of magnetic domains in the top Fe layers of Fe/NiO/Fe(100) structures follows a power-law distribution, with very small magnetic domain cutoff radius (about 40 nm) and domain wall thickness. This unusual magnetic microstructure can be understood as resulting from the competition between antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic exchange interactions at the Fe/NiO interfaces, rather than from mechanisms involving the anisotropy and dipolar forces that govern length scales in conventional magnetic domain structures. Statistical analysis of our measurements validates a micromagnetic model that accounts for this interfacial exchange coupling.

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