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Electric-field-induced changes of magnetic moments and magnetocrystalline anisotropy in ultrathin cobalt films
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- arXiv, 2017.
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Abstract
- In this study, the microscopic origins of the voltage-controlled magnetic anisotropy (VCMA) in $3d$-ferromagnetic metals are revealed. Using in situ x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy that provides a high quantum efficiency, electric-field-induced changes in orbital magnetic moment and magnetic dipole ${T}_{\mathrm{z}}$ terms in ultrathin Co films are demonstrated. An orbital magnetic moment difference of $0.013\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}{\ensuremath{\mu}}_{\mathrm{B}}$ was generated in the presence of electric fields of $\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.2\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}\mathrm{V}/\mathrm{nm}$. The VCMA of Co was properly estimated by the induced change in orbital magnetic moment, according to the perturbation theory model. The induced change in the magnetic dipole ${T}_{\mathrm{z}}$ term only slightly contributed to the VCMA in $3d$-ferromagnetic metals.
- Subjects :
- 010302 applied physics
Physics
Condensed Matter - Materials Science
Condensed matter physics
Magnetic moment
chemistry.chemical_element
Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
FOS: Physical sciences
02 engineering and technology
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Magnetocrystalline anisotropy
01 natural sciences
Magnetic anisotropy
chemistry
Electric field
0103 physical sciences
Quantum efficiency
Perturbation theory
0210 nano-technology
Cobalt
Magnetic dipole
Subjects
Details
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....79374251ce7ab5745116d0324c0f27ea
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1708.08549