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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 11(44), p. 2907-2910, 2008

DOI: 10.1109/tmag.2008.2002195

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Influence of Capping Layers on Magnetic Anisotropy in Fe/MgO/GaAs(100) Ultrathin Films

Journal article published in 2008 by P. K. J. Wong ORCID, Y. Fu, W. Zhang ORCID, Y. Zhai ORCID, Y. B. Xu, Z. C. Huang, Y. X. Xu, H. R. Zhai
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Abstract

Magnetic anisotropies of Fe/MgO/GaAs(100) hybrid structure with two different nonmagnetic capping materials, Au and MgO have been studied by ferromagnetic resonance (FMR). A uniaxial anisotropy, unexpected from the crystal structure was observed in the ultrathin films for both capping materials. Its global easy axis is along [0-11] direction while two (010) directions are equally magnetic hard regardless of the overlayer material. The in-plane uniaxial anisotropy (in-plane cubic anisotropy) of the Au capped samples is stronger (weaker) than that of the MgO capped ones within the range of t Fe = 7.1 to 28 ML. This suggests that the MgO overlayer suppresses the uniaxial anisotropy faster than the Au overlayer.