Is there Spin-Glass Exchange in Ultrathin Fe(110) Films ?

Authors

Ralph Skomski, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
D. Sander, Max-Planck-Institut fur Mikrostrukturphysik
Axel Enders, Max-Planck-Institut fur MikrostrukturphysikFollow
J. Kirschner, Max-Planck-Institut fur MikrostrukturphysikFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

9-1-1996

Comments

Published in IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS VOL 32, NO 5 SEPTEMBER 1996.

Abstract

The magnetism of sesquilayer bcc iron films on W(110) is investigated. Coercivity data and theoretical calculations that the freezing of the magnetization at low temperatures reflects exchange-dominated domain-wall pinning rather than superparamagnetic spin-glass behavior.