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Determination of magnetic anisotropies in ultrathin iron films on vicinal Si(111) substrate by the ferromagnetic resonance

  • Hai Feng Du
  • , Wei He*
  • , Hao Liang Liu
  • , Ya Peng Fang
  • , Qiong Wu
  • , Tao Zou
  • , Xiang Qun Zhang
  • , Young Sun
  • , Zhao Hua Cheng
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Fe single crystal film with thickness of 45 monolayer was fabricated on vicinal Si(111) substrate using ultrathin p (2×2) iron silicide as buffer layer. Scanning tunneling microscope images show that the Fe nanoclusters form chains on vicinal substrate. The first- and second-order magnetocrystalline anisotropies, uniaxial magnetic anisotropy constants of the films were obtained by fitting the ferromagnetic resonance data. The sixfold symmetry of the in-plane resonance field for Fe(111) film was changed into the superposition of a fourfold and a twofold contribution due to the effect of the vicinal substrate.

Original languageEnglish
Article number142511
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume96
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes

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