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Spin-Polarized Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy of Ultrathin Films

J. ProkopA. KukuninHans-joachim Elmers

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Materials scienceAnnealing (metallurgy)AlloyAnalytical chemistryNanowireGeneral Physics and Astronomyengineering.materiallaw.inventionHomogeneouslawMicroscopyengineeringScanning tunneling microscopeSingle crystalQuantum tunnelling

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Using low temperature spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy we have studied the morphology and magnetic properties of ultrathin Fe(0.5 ML)Au(0.5 ML) nanowires prepared on a Mo(110) single crystal. The Fe nanostripes grown by step flow on a Mo(110) at 700 K were covered by Au at RT, and subsequently annealed at 700 K. Differences in the morphology of Au on Fe(110)/Mo(110) and clean Mo(110) surfaces are observed and discussed. After annealing, the Mo is covered by a homogeneous FeAu ML alloy with several iron enriched islands which reveal an out-of-plane magnetic contrast. Direct lateral exchange coupling has been observed for these islands.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2006-03-01Acta Physica Polonica A
https://doi.org/10.12693/aphyspola.109.371