TY  - JOUR
AU  - Gottlob, Daniel
AU  - Doğanay, Hatice
AU  - Nickel, Florian
AU  - Cramm, Stefan
AU  - Krug, Ingo
AU  - Nemšák, Slavomír
AU  - Schneider, Claus M.
TI  - Microscopic analysis of the composition driven spin-reorientation transition in Ni$_{x}$Pd$_{1−x}$/Cu(001)
JO  - Ultramicroscopy
VL  - 159
IS  - 3
SN  - 0304-3991
CY  - Amsterdam
PB  - Elsevier Science
M1  - FZJ-2016-00080
SP  - 503 - 507
PY  - 2015
AB  - 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.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000366220200009
DO  - DOI:10.1016/j.ultramic.2015.05.022
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/280291
ER  -