Strain-induced helimagnetism, finite thickness effects, and interlayer coupling in magnetic semiconductor multilayers

T. M. Giebultowicz; H. Luo; N. Samarth; J. K. Furdyna; Valerie Nunez; J. J. Rhyne; W. Faschinger; G. Springholtz; G. Bauer; H. Sitter

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Strain-induced helimagnetism, finite thickness effects, and interlayer coupling in magnetic semiconductor multilayers

T. M. Giebultowicz, H. Luo, N. Samarth, J. K. Furdyna, Valerie Nunez, J. J. Rhyne, W. Faschinger, G. Springholtz, G. Bauer, H. Sitter

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Neutron diffraction studies of antiferromagnetic semiconductor superlattices are reviewed. Mn-VI/II-VI multilayers (e.g. MnSe/ZnTe, MnSe/ZnSe) exhibit a variety of strain-induced effects in spin ordering and phase transition phenomena. In MnTe/CdTe systems, in which the thickness of the non-magnetic CdTe spacers can be very thin (∼ 6 Å) and comparable with the range of the Mn-Mn exchange interactions, the measurements clearly show the onset of interlayer coupling. Pronounced interlayer coupling has been observed in experiments on another system, EuTe/PbTe, with much thicker (30-40 Å) non-magnetic layers - arguably, this coupling is maintained by dipolar fields.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	163-168
Number of pages	6
Journal	Physica B: Physics of Condensed Matter
Volume	198
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0921-4526(94)90152-X
State	Published - Apr 1 1994

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Giebultowicz, T. M., Luo, H., Samarth, N., Furdyna, J. K., Nunez, V., Rhyne, J. J., Faschinger, W., Springholtz, G., Bauer, G., & Sitter, H. (1994). Strain-induced helimagnetism, finite thickness effects, and interlayer coupling in magnetic semiconductor multilayers. Physica B: Physics of Condensed Matter, 198(1-3), 163-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/0921-4526(94)90152-X

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