title: Spin-reorientation in the heterostructure Co/SmFeO(3).
abstract: Element-specific imaging of magnetic domains in a ferromagnet/antiferromagnet heterostructure consisting of Co/SmFeO(3) has been performed in the vicinity of the spin-reorientation phase transition in SmFeO(3) using a photoemission electron microscope. Evidence is shown that a 90° in-plane spin-reorientation in the antiferromagnetic SmFeO(3) triggers a similar reorientation of spins of the ferromagnetic Co layer on top of it. The possibility of triggering the spin-reorientation with the help of laser-excitation is demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: SLS, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 PSI-Villigen, Switzerland.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Joly
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nolting
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Kimel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kirilyuk
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Pisarev
authors.forename: Th
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rasing