Evidence for the Spin Polarization of Copper in Co/Cu and Fe/Cu Multilayers

Autor: Michel Piecuch, Alain Fontaine, François Baudelet, Christine Giorgetti, Stefania Pizzini, Elisabeth Dartyge, Jean-François Bobo
Rok vydání: 1995
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Zdroj: Physical Review Letters. 74:1470-1473
ISSN: 1079-7114
0031-9007
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.74.1470
Popis: Magnetic circular x-ray dichroism on Co $/$Cu and Fe $/$Cu multilayers at the $K$ edge of copper shows (i) that the $p$ band of copper is significantly spin polarized by the adjacent Co or Fe atoms, (ii) that the spin polarization of the copper layers strongly depends on the adjacent magnetic layer, and (iii) that the magnetic polarization is not restricted to the interface layer, i.e., it departs from a simple ${1/t}_{\mathrm{Cu}}$ dependence.
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