Surface Magnetization of Ferromagnetic Ni(110): A Polarized Low-Energy Electron Diffraction Experiment

Abstract

The magnetic field dependence (hysteresis curve) and the temperature dependence of the magnetization at a Ni(110) surface was measured by polarized low-energy electron diffraction. The diffracted intensities are spin dependent by a few percent. The temperature dependence of the surface magnetization measured in the range $0.5<\frac{T}{{T}_{c}}<0.8$, is significantly different from that of the bulk.