%0 Journal Article
%A Gottlob, Daniel
%A Doğanay, Hatice
%A Nickel, Florian
%A Cramm, Stefan
%A Krug, Ingo
%A Nemšák, Slavomír
%A Schneider, Claus M.
%T Microscopic analysis of the composition driven spin-reorientation transition in Ni$_{x}$Pd$_{1−x}$/Cu(001)
%J Ultramicroscopy
%V 159
%N 3
%@ 0304-3991
%C Amsterdam
%I Elsevier Science
%M FZJ-2016-00080
%P 503 - 507
%D 2015
%X The spin-reorientation transition (SRT) in epitaxial NixPd1−x/Cu(001)NixPd1−x/Cu(001) is studied by photoemission microscopy utilizing the X-ray magnetic circular dichroism effect at the Ni L2,3L2,3 edge. In a composition/thickness wedged geometry, a composition driven SRT could be observed between 37 ML and 60 ML, and 0 and 38% of Pd. Microspectroscopy in combination with azimuthal sample rotation confirms a magnetization preference changing from the [001] to an in-plane easy axis. At this increased thickness, the domain patterns arrange comparable to SRTs in ultrathin films. The images document domains equivalent to a canted state SRT, at which an additional effect of in-plane anisotropies could be identified.
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%U <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000366220200009
%R 10.1016/j.ultramic.2015.05.022
%U https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/280291