Fe/Cr superlattices;
antiferromagnetism;
spin density waves;
neutron scattering;
multilayers;
D O I:
10.1016/S0921-4526(97)00115-4
中图分类号:
O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号:
070205 ;
摘要:
The antiferromagnetic spin-density-wave (SDW) order of Cr layers in Fe/Cr(0 0 1) superlattices was investigated by neutron scattering. For Cr thicknesses from 51 to 190 Angstrom, a transverse SDW is formed for all temperatures below the Neel temperature with a single wave vector Q normal to the layers. A coherent magnetic structure forms with the nodes of the SDW near the Fe-Cr interfaces. For thinner Cr layers, the magnetic scattering can be described by commensurate antiferromagnetic order.