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Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

8-1-1997

Citation

Physics Review B (1997) 56: 2,340-2,343

Comments

Copyright 1997, American Physical Society. Used by permission

Abstract

The magnetism and the morphology of one-dimensional Fe stripes on a Cu(111) vicinal surface with perpendicular magnetization are investigated. Scanning tunneling microscopy shows that the Fe stripes have nanometer width and are aligned in parallel along the [011] direction. From the magnetization curves it is inferred that the stripes exhibit a ferromagnetic behavior well below the nominal thickness of one monolayer. In contrast to two-dimensional films, the magnetization of the stripes is not only temperature but also time dependent. The dynamics of the stripes have been described by a micromagnetic Ising model with Glauber dynamics, yielding an effective anisotropy constant K1 of 0.65 ± 0.15 M J/m3.

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