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Magnetic Properties of Heisenberg Antiferromagnetic EuTe/PbTe Superlattices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

J.J. Chen ,
G. Dresselhaus ,
M.S. Dresselhaus ,
G. Springholz  and
G. Bauer
J.J. Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
G. Dresselhaus
Affiliation:
Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory, MIT, USA
M.S. Dresselhaus
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
G. Springholz
Affiliation:
Johannes Kepler Universitãt, Linz, Austria
G. Bauer
Affiliation:
Johannes Kepler Universitãt, Linz, Austria
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Abstract

Bulk EuTe is a type II Heisenberg antiferromagnet (AF2) with a single magnetic phase transition temperature at 9.6 K. However, for several isolated EuTe (111) monolayers (MLs) as can be achieved in a superlattice (SL) structure, both ferrimagnetic-like and antiferromagnetic-like phase transitions can take place, depending on the SLs configuration. The temperature-dependent magnetization M(T) of such SLs has been studied near the transition temperature (Tc) by SQUID magnetometry. The functional forms of M(T) at T ≤ Tc can be described by mean-field theory for SLs with 3, 4 and 5 EuTe MLs per SL cell. The magnetic transition temperatures obtained by mean-field analysis, using bulk exchange coupling values, are in close agreement with observed Tc values for SLs with 2, 3, 4 and 5 EuTe MLs. The qualitative behavior of the surface specific heat can be deduced from M(T) data for SLs with three EuTe monolayers.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 358: Symposium F – Microcrystalline and Nanocrystalline Semiconductors , 1994 , 1041
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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