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Abstract: The spin- and angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy from ultrathin Cr films on Fe(110) is investigated by means of first-principles electronic structure and photoemission calculations. The antiferromagnetic ordering in the Cr films leads in dependence on film thickness to a rapidly decreasing and oscillating photoelectron spin polarization, in reasonable agreement with recent experiments (Dedkov (2007) ). The oscillation period is explained by quantum-well states in the Cr film and by a Fermi surface nesting vector. The importance of transition matrix elements is highlighted. The findings point to a noncollinear magnetic structure at the Fe/Cr interface. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

• We report on the growth and characterization of Fe/Co bilayers on bcc W(110). • The bottom Co layer relaxes to its bulk hcp structure showing an hexagonal surface. • Even with the Co layer, we detect Fe relaxation with the formation of bcc nuclei. • We measure a not nil in-plane spectral spin polarization at magnetic remanence. We report on the growth of a Fe/Co bilayer on W(110) and its electronic and magnetic structure characterization by means of low energy electron diffraction and spin-resolved photoemission spectroscopies. The Co bottom layer, investigated in the thickness range from 2 to 10 monolayers (ML), relaxes immediately to its bulk hcp structure and is therefore used to provide an hexagonal top surface for the growth of metastable Fe films. Notwithstanding the presence of the Co layer, and similar to our previous findings concerning the growth of Fe on a Ni layer [Phys Rev B 94 195155], we report the formation of bcc nuclei, indicative of lattice relaxation, even for a Fe thicknesses as low as 2 ML. For all the Fe/Co thickness combinations and at magnetic remanence, we were able to measure a not nil in-plane spectral spin polarization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]