Abstract

In our study, we examined the chemical and magnetic properties of FeO in an epitaxial Fe/MgO(dMgO)/FeO trilayer for different MgO thicknesses, dMgO. Analysis of the chemical structure revealed a stoichiometry improvement in the FeO layer in Fe/MgO/FeO in comparison with a Fe/FeO bilayer. Furthermore, we showed that deposition of a subtle MgO layer at the Fe/FeO interface results in an enhanced exchange interaction between Fe and FeO. For dMgO = 1.4 Å, we noted a 200% enhancement in the exchange bias in Fe/MgO/FeO compared to that in Fe/FeO.

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