Magnetic decoupling in sputtered Fe/Si superlattices and multilayers

Eric E. Fullerton; J. E. Mattson; S. R. Lee; C. H. Sowers; Y. Y. Huang; G. Felcher; S. D. Bader; F. T. Parker

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Magnetic decoupling in sputtered Fe/Si superlattices and multilayers

Eric E. Fullerton, J. E. Mattson, S. R. Lee, C. H. Sowers, Y. Y. Huang, G. Felcher, S. D. Bader, F. T. Parker

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Sputtered Fe/Si superlattices were grown to study the magnetic coupling between ferromagnetic Fe layers (30 Å thick) for Si spacer-layer thicknesses (t_Si) between 10 and 40 Å. The material is ferromagnetical for t_Si≤13 Å and antiferromagnetically coupled for 13 Å≤t_Si≤17 Å. For t_Si≥17 Å the Fe layers are uncoupled. X-ray analysis indicates that the system is well layered, but that the crystal structure remains coherent only for t _Si≤17 Å. These results, along with our Mössbauer investigation, strongly suggest that the Si layer is crystalline for t _Si≤17 Å, and is silicide in nature. For thicker spacers, Si becomes amorphous. We propose a model of the layering that is consistent with the known properties of Fe silicide.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6335-6337
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Applied Physics
Volume	73
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.352640
Publication status	Published - 1993

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