(1) Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Ferrara, Via Paradiso 12, 1-44100 Ferrara, Italia;(2) Departamento de F. Fundamental, F. de Fisica, Univ. de Barcelona, Diagonal 647, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Abstract:
The magnetic properties of (111) Cu/Fe multilayers grown on Cu underlayers of several thickness (2000-500-50 Å) on cleaved mica have been investigated by Mössbauer spectroscopy and SQUID magnetometry. The analysis of experimental results suggests that 2.5 monolayers of ψ-Fe interfaced with Cu evolves partially from paramagnetic to ferromagnetic states as the Cu underlayer thickness is reduced to 50 Å and partially from weak to strong antiferromagnetism.