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Perpendicular coupling at Fe–FeF2 interfaces

1998; American Institute of Physics; Volume: 72; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1063/1.120823

1520-8842

T. J. Moran, J. Nogués, David Lederman, Iván K. Schuller,

Theoretical and Computational Physics

We have studied the exchange anisotropy of ferromagnetic Fe films grown on antiferromagnetic FeF2 single crystals. The behavior of the hysteresis loops of the Fe above and below the Néel temperature TN of FeF2 indicates a 90° rotation of the ferromagnetic easy axis due to the antiferromagnetic ordering. By examining the Fe hysteresis loops together with the FeF2 susceptibility behavior we infer that below TN the ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic spins are coupled perpendicular to each other. This behavior can be explained by recent micromagnetic calculations on exchange bias systems, or by magnetoelastic effects.