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Epitaxial growth and magnetic exchange anisotropy in Fe3O4 /NiO bilayers grown on MgO(001) and Al2O3(0001)

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  • C. Gatel
  • E. Snoeck
  • V. Serin
  • A. R. Fert

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Epitaxial Fe3O4/NiO bilayers were epitaxially grown on MgO(001) and Al2O3(0001) substrates to investigate the influence of the fully spin compensated (001) and the non-compensated (111) NiO interface planes between the ferromagnetic (F) and antiferromagnetic (AF) layers on the AF/F exchange coupling. Bilayers of different magnetite thicknesses and constant NiO thickness were investigated. The structural characterizations indicate a perfect epitaxy of the two layers for the both growth directions in the two Fe3O4/NiO/MgO(001) and NiO/Fe3O4/Al2O3(0001) systems. An epitaxial ferrimagnetic (Ni,Fe)Fe2O4 phase is observed at the AF/F interface when the NiO oxide is grown on the top of the Fe3O4 layer while a perfectly flat AF/F interface is observed in the Fe3O4/NiO/MgO(001) system exhibiting only a very slight interdiffusion. Magnetic measurements indicate a relative strong bias at 300 K for the bilayers grown on Al2O3(0001), which decreases with the inverse of the ferrimagnetic layer thickness as theoretically expected. On the contrary, a zero exchange biasing is observed at 300 K for the bilayers grown on MgO(001). Copyright EDP Sciences/Società Italiana di Fisica/Springer-Verlag 2005

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  • C. Gatel & E. Snoeck & V. Serin & A. R. Fert, 2005. "Epitaxial growth and magnetic exchange anisotropy in Fe3O4 /NiO bilayers grown on MgO(001) and Al2O3(0001)," The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, Springer;EDP Sciences, vol. 45(2), pages 157-168, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:eurphb:v:45:y:2005:i:2:p:157-168
    DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2005-00073-y
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