Experimental probe for thin-film magnetism in<i>p</i>(1×1) Pd and V on Ag(100)

R. Fink, C. A. Ballentine, J. L. Erskine, J. Araya-Pochet

Physical review. B, Condensed matter · 1990 · 86 citations · 15 references

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Abstract

We report high-sensitivity experiments utilizing the magneto-optic Kerr effect which probe for ferromagnetism in ultrathin epitaxial films of Pd and V on Ag(100) substrates. Our experiments fail to detect unambiguous manifestations of ferromagnetism in these two thin-film systems.

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