Abstract
Depth-dependent Fe spin structures of the remanent state in exchange-coupled Fe/MnF2 films have been probed using 57Fe conversion electron Mössbauer spectroscopy, both above and well below the MnF2 Néel temperature. 57Fe probe layers were embedded either at the Fe/MnF2 interface or in the center of the Fe film. Remarkably, exchange bias induces a significant change of the in-plane angular distribution of the Fe magnetic moments at the interface and inside the Fe film, away from the saturation magnetization direction. Results from vector magnetometry support these conclusions.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 224414 |
| Pages (from-to) | 224414-1-224414-5 |
| Journal | Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue number | 22 |
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| State | Published - Dec 2004 |