title: Antiferromagnetic order with atomic layer resolution in EuTe(111) films.
abstract: The temperature dependences of the magnetizations of individual atomic layers across an epitaxial antiferromagnetic EuTe film were derived from virtually background-free magnetic Bragg peaks with pronounced Laue oscillations recorded with soft x rays at the Eu-M5 resonance. The magnetizations of the outermost layers decrease significantly differently from those of bulk layers, in agreement with Heisenberg-Monte Carlo calculations. The results demonstrate the applicability of the method to complex ordering phenomena at surfaces and interfaces of thin films.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Experimentalphysik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, D-14195 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schierle
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Weschke
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gottberg
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Söllinger
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Heiss
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Springholz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kaindl