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The interlayer coupling mediated by fermions in ferromagnets brings about parallel and anti-parallel magnetization orientations of two magnetic layers, resulting in the giant magnetoresistance, which forms the foundation in spintronics and…

We use neutron reflectometry to investigate the interlayer exchange coupling between Ga$_{0.97}$Mn$_{0.03}$As ferromagnetic semiconductor layers separated by non-magnetic Be-doped GaAs spacers. Polarized neutron reflectivity measured below…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-13 J. -H. Chung , S. J. Chung , Sanghoon Lee , B. J. Kirby , J. A. Borchers , Y. J. Cho , X. Liu , J. K. Furdyna

Collinear antiferromagnets (AFs) support two degenerate magnon excitations carrying opposite spin polarizations, by which magnons can function as electrons in various spin-related phenomena. In an insulating ferromagnet(F)/AF/F trilayer, we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-11-21 Ran Cheng , Di Xiao , Jian-Gang Zhu

We consider mechanism of exchange coupling based on interaction between electrons in nonmagnetic layer. Depending on ratio of inverse time of diffusion of electrons between ferromagnetic layers and ferromagnetic splitting of conducting…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-09-29 Zyuzin A. Yu

This paper presents a review of the phenomenon of interlayer exchange coupling in magnetic multilayers. The emphasis is put on a pedagogical presentation of the mechanism of the phenomenon, which has been successfully explained in terms of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Patrick Bruno

The ultrastrong coupling of (quasi-)particles has gained considerable attention due to its application potential and richness of the underlying physics. Coupling phenomena arising due to electromagnetic interactions are well explored. In…

Motivated by the recent experimental developments in van der Waals heterostructures, we investigate the emergent magnetism in Mott insulator - semimetal moir\'e superlattices by deriving effective spin models and exploring their phase…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-11-05 M. A. Keskiner , Pouyan Ghaemi , M. Ö. Oktel , Onur Erten

We provide an overview of progress on the exchange biasing of a ferromagnetic semiconductor (Ga1-xMnxAs) by proximity to an antiferromagnetic oxide layer (MnO). We present a detailed characterization study of the antiferromagnetic layer…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-11 K. F. Eid , M. B. Stone , O. Maksimov , T. C. Shih , K. C. Ku , W. Fadgen , C. J. Palmstrom , P. Schiffer , N. Samarth

Ferromagnet-ferroelectric-metal superlattices are proposed to realize the large room-temperature magnetoelectric effect. Spin dependent electron screening is the fundamental mechanism at the microscopic level. We also predict an electric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-12-16 Tianyi Cai , Sheng Ju , Jaekwang Lee , Na Sai , Alexander A. Demkov , Qian Niu , Zhenya Li , Junren Shi , Enge Wang

We have observed a paramagnetic-to-ferromagnetic phase transition in short period InGaMnAs/InGaAs superlattices. The thicknesses of magnetic InGaMnAs layers in the structures studied was chosen to be 4 or 8 molecular layers (12 \AA or 24…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Sadowski , R. Mathieu , P. Svedlindh , J. Kanski , M. Karlsteen , K. Swiatek , J. Z. Domagala

Recently, moir\'{e} superlattices have attracted considerable attentions because they are found to exhibit intriguing electronic phenomena of tunable Mott insulators and unconventional superconductivity. These phenomena are highly related…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-03-09 Henan Fang , Mingwen Xiao

We investigate the interlayer exchange coupling in Fe/MgO/Fe and Fe/MgO/Co systems with magnetic Fe nanoclusters embedded in the MgO spacer. Samples are grown by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) and utilize wedged MgO films to independently…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-12-16 Jared J. I. Wong , Luciana Ramirez , A. G. Swartz , A. Hoff , Wei Han , Yan Li , R. K. Kawakami

Magnetic multilayers with interlayer exchange coupling have been widely studied for both static and dynamic regimes. Their dynamical responses depend on the exchange coupling strength and magnetic properties of individual layers. Magnetic…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-08-29 A. Sud , K. Yamamoto , K. Z. Suzuki , S. Mizukami , H. Kurebayashi

Nanoscale superlattices with uniaxial ferromagnetic layers antiferromagnetically coupled through non-magnetic spacers are recently used as components of magnetoresistive and recording devices. In the last years intensive experimental…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-24 U. K. Roessler , A. N. Bogdanov

We suggest a model of synthetic ferrimagnetic semiconductor structure based on GaAs-AlGaAs quantum well doped by two Mn delta-layers. The coupling between the delta-layers is mediated by extra holes, and can be switched between ferro- and…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-03-19 N. V. Agrinskaya , A. M. Kalashnikova , V. I. Kozub

FeSe$_{1-x}$S$_{x}$ superconductors are commonly considered layered van der Waals materials with negligible inter-layer coupling. Here, using inelastic neutron scattering to study spin excitations in single-crystal samples, we reveal that…

Metallic superlattices where the magnetization vectors in the adjacent ferromagnetic layers are antiferromagnetically coupled by the interlayer exchange coupling through nonmagnetic spacer layers are systems available for the systematic…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-07-01 Hiroto Masuda , Takeshi Seki , Yong-Chang Lau , Takahide Kubota , Koki Takanashi

We investigate the interlayer coupling between two thin ferromagnetic (F) films mediated by an antiferromagnetic (AF) spacer in F*/AF/F trilayers and show how it transitions between different regimes on changing the AF thickness. Employing…

We present an extensive density functional theory study of the electronic, magnetic and transport properties of GaAs and AlAs digital ferromagnetic heterostructures. These can be obtained by $\delta$-doping with Mn the GaAs layers of a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 S. Sanvito

Spin spirals form inside the magnetic layers of antiferromagnetic and noncollinearly-coupled magnetic multilayers in the presence of an external magnetic field. This spin structure can be modeled to extract the direct exchange stiffness of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-09-04 Elliot Wadge , Afan Terko , George Lertzman-Lepofsky , Paul Omelchenko , Bret Heinrich , Manuel Rojas , Erol Girt