Antiferromagnetic Interlayer Coupling in Ferromagnetic Semiconductor EuS/PbS(001) Superlattices

Abstract

Antiferromagnetic coupling between ferromagnetic layers has been observed for the first time in all-semiconductor superlattice structure EuS/PbS(001), by neutron scattering and magnetization measurements. Spin-dependent superlattice band structure effects are invoked to explain the possible origin and the strength of the observed coupling.

7 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Europhysics Letters

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