Anomalous temperature-dependent exchange bias in Fe films deposited on Si substrates with the native oxide layer

作者:Wang Wenhong*; Takano Fumiyoshi; Takenaka Masato; Akinaga Hiro; Ofuchi Hironori
来源:Journal of Applied Physics, 2008, 103(9): 093914.
DOI:10.1063/1.2917087

摘要

The temperature dependence of the exchange bias has been investigated in Fe films deposited on the Si substrates with the native oxidize layer. A crossover from negative to positive exchange bias has been observed with increasing temperature at 30 K, accompanied with the maximum of the coercivity. This effect could be understood as a result of the exchange coupling between the ferromagnetic Fe film and the spin-glasslike Fe oxides particles formed spontaneously at the interface, where the direction of their end spins controls the sign of exchange bias.

  • 出版日期2008-5-1