QUANTUM-WELL STATES AND MAGNETIC COUPLING BETWEEN FERROMAGNETS THROUGH A NOBLE-METAL LAYER

dc.contributor.authorOrtega, JE
dc.contributor.authorHimpsel, FJ
dc.contributor.authorMankey, GJ
dc.contributor.authorWillis, RF
dc.contributor.otherPennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE)
dc.contributor.otherPennsylvania State University
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-18T19:36:45Z
dc.date.available2019-07-18T19:36:45Z
dc.date.issued1993-01-15
dc.description.abstractUsing inverse photoemission and photoemission we find that the bulk bands become discretized in highly perfect layer structures, such as Cu on fcc Co(100), Cu on fcc Fe(100), Ag on bcc Fe(100), Au on bcc Fe (100), fcc Co on Cu(100), and bcc Fe on Au(100). The electronic structure is analyzed in the framework of quantum-well states consisting of bulk Bloch functions modulated by an envelope function. The wavelength of the envelope function is determined from the lambda/2 interferometer fringes produced by the periodic appearance of quantum-well states with increasing film thickness. Using k conservation, one obtains an absolute measurement of the band dispersion for the s,p bands of Fe, Cu, Ag, and Au. Quantum-well states at the Fermi level are found to be closely connected with oscillatory magnetic coupling in superlattices. They are spin polarized, even in noble metals, due to the spin-dependent band structure of the confining ferromagnet. The oscillation period is half the wavelength of the envelope function. The corresponding wave vector is given by the Fermi wave vector and by the wave vector of the nearest s,p band edge via 2(k(edge) - k(F)). This turns out to be equivalent to Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida theory.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationOrtega, J., Himpsel, F., Mankey, G., Willis, R. (1993): Quantum-well States and Magnetic Coupling between Ferromagnets through a Noble-metal Layer. Physical Review B, 47(3). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.47.1540
dc.identifier.doi10.1103/PhysRevB.47.1540
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3163-5159
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3163-5159
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6643-806X
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/5992
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Society
dc.subjectBAND-STRUCTURE
dc.subjectGIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE
dc.subjectELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE
dc.subjectINTERLAYER EXCHANGE
dc.subjectNONMAGNETIC METAL
dc.subjectENERGY-BANDS
dc.subjectTHIN-FILMS
dc.subjectMULTILAYERS
dc.subjectSUPERLATTICES
dc.subjectPHOTOEMISSION
dc.subjectMaterials Science, Multidisciplinary
dc.subjectPhysics, Applied
dc.subjectPhysics, Condensed Matter
dc.subjectMaterials Science
dc.subjectPhysics
dc.titleQUANTUM-WELL STATES AND MAGNETIC COUPLING BETWEEN FERROMAGNETS THROUGH A NOBLE-METAL LAYERen_US
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