Körmann, F.; Schwieger, S.; Kienert, J.; Nolting, W. - In: The European Physical Journal B - Condensed Matter and … 53 (2006) 4, pp. 463-469
We present a new type of temperature driven spin reorientation transition (SRT) in thin films. It can occur when the lattice and the shape anisotropy favor different easy directions of the magnetization. Due to different temperature dependencies of the two contributions the effective anisotropy...