Real-space imaging of two-dimensional antiferromagnetism on the atomic scale

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Erscheinungsjahr:
2000
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Schlagworte:
  • Scanning tunneling microscopy
  • Spin polarization
  • Spin-polarized scanning
  • Magnetic Anisotropy
  • Magnetization
  • Magnetism
  • Scanning tunneling microscopy
  • Spin polarization
  • Spin-polarized scanning
  • Magnetic Anisotropy
  • Magnetization
  • Magnetism
Beschreibung:
  • A two-dimensional antiferromagnetic structure within a pseudomorphic monolayer film of chemically identical manganese atoms on tungsten(110) was observed with atomic resolution by spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy at 16 kelvin. A magnetic superstructure changes the translational symmetry of the surface lattice with respect to the chemical unit cell. It is shown, with the aid of first-principles calculations, that as a result of this, spin-polarized tunneling electrons give rise to an image corresponding to the magnetic superstructure and not to the chemical unit cell. These investigations demonstrate a powerful technique for the understanding of complicated magnetic configurations of nanomagnets and thin films engineered from ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic materials used for magnetoelectronics.
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  • info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
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Forschungsinformationssystem der UHH

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