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STRUCTURAL AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF SINGLE CRYSTAL RARE EARTH Gd-Y SUPERLATTICES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

J. Kwo ,
D. B. McWhan ,
M. Hong ,
E. M. Gyorgy  and
F. J. DiSalvo
J. Kwo
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ 07974
D. B. McWhan
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ 07974
M. Hong
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ 07974
E. M. Gyorgy
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ 07974
F. J. DiSalvo
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ 07974
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Abstract

High quality single crystal rare earth Gd-Y superlattices with wavelength varying from 8to 42 atomic layers were grown by the recently developed metal molecular beam epitaxy technique. The crystallinity and coherence of the superlattices were examined by X-ray diffraction, and the profiles of composition modulation and strain modulation were determined from a quantitative analysis based on a simple diffusion model for the Gd-Y interfaces. The sharp boundaries achieved in these metallic superlattices are approaching those in semiconductor superlattices. The various in-plane magnetization behavior at low fieldsamong superlattices of different wavelengths suggests the possible presence of new magnetic ordering structures as caused by the artificial modulation.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 56: Symposium H – Layered Structures and Epitaxy , 1985 , 211
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1986

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