ISSN:
1089-7550
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
By combining MCXD experiments with first principles electronic structure calculations, we demonstrate that the orbital contribution to magnetism can be strongly enhanced at surfaces. This effect is illustrated for Co grown on a Cu(100) surface. The MCXD measurements were performed using the SX 700 plane grating monochromators at BESSY. The Co films were evaporated and characterized in situ, for their cleanness, thickness (1.6–50 ML), and structural order. For a film thickness up to 2.2 ML, measurements of the ac MCXD susceptibility response at a fixed photon energy allowed one to measure the critical temperature, Tc, of the films and their critical properties were characterized in situ. For several samples the MCXD response as a function of the x-ray incidence angle was investigated as well. This allows one to quantify and correct saturation effects that can occur in the measurements. Data were taken in a temperature range between 40 and 350 K, and for many samples measurements were performed at several reduced temperatures, T/Tc. The first layer of Co on the Cu(100) surface shows an enhanced orbital moment, in contrast to the subsequent layers where the orbital moment is bulklike. The lowering of the symmetry, the enhanced spin moment, and the increased value of the density of states at the Fermi level are factors that combine to give the observed enhancements. © 1996 American Institute of Physics. [S0021-8979(96)679608-0]
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.361611
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