Mapping the surface spin structure of large unit cells: Reconstructed Mn films on Fe(001)

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Gao, C L ^a   Schlickum, U ^a,c   Wulfhekel, W ^a,b   Kirschner, J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; ELECTRODES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SPIN POLARIZATION; THIN FILMS;

RING ELECTRODES; SPIN STRUCTURE; SURFACE DIMERS; VECTOR FIELD;

MANGANESE;

EID: 33947103641     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.107203     Document Type: Article

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