| AVS 55th International Symposium & Exhibition | |
| Magnetic Interfaces and Nanostructures | Wednesday Sessions |
| Session MI+NC-WeM |
| Session: | Magnetic Thin Films, Nanoparticles and Nanostructures |
| Presenter: | B.Y. Wang, National Taiwan University and TIGP, Academia Sinica, Taiwan |
| Authors: | B.Y. Wang, National Taiwan University and TIGP, Academia Sinica, Taiwan W.C. Lin, National Taiwan Normal University N.Y. Jih, National Taiwan University C.-H. Chuang, National Taiwan University C.W. Peng, National Taiwan University S.S. Wong, National Taiwan University Y.L. Chan, National Synchrotron Radiation Center, Taiwan D.H. Wei, National Synchrotron Radiation Center, Taiwan M.-T. Lin, National Taiwan University |
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We present the studies of the magnetic easy axis, ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic exchange coupling, and interfacial spins of Fe/fcc-Mn/Cu3Au(001) ultrathin bilayers for probing both magnetic anisotropy of ferromagnetic Fe layer and antiferromagnetic Mn layer by using magneto-optical Kerr effect (MOKE) and photoemission electron microscopy with X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD-PEEM). Combining the experimental results with the analysis from phenomenological magnetic anisotropic model, we demonstrate that the Fe and Mn layer reveals intrinsic in-plane and out-of-plane magnetic anisotropy, respectively, in which the anisotropic competition between Fe and Mn layer significantly influences the orientations of magnetic easy axis, Fe/Mn exchange coupling, and interfacial coupled spins of Fe/Mn bilayers.