Analysis of interfacial magnetic anisotropy in Co∕Pt and Co∕Pd multilayer films
Analysis of interfacial magnetic anisotropy in Co∕Pt and Co∕Pd multilayer films
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DOI:
10.1063/1.1851874
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发表时间:
2005-05
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
H. Nemoto;Y. Hosoe
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作者:
H. Nemoto;Y. Hosoe
Analysis of Co∕Pt and Co∕Pd multilayer films was performed to investigate the dependence of interfacial magnetic anisotropy (IMA) and induced magnetization on the thickness of the laminated Pd or Pt layers. For the Co∕Pd films, the IMA energy increased as the thickness of the laminated Pd layer was increased up to ∼0.8nm and depended proportionally on the amount of the induced magnetization. This suggests that the whole magnetic moment induced in a few Pd atomic layers contributed to the IMA. In contrast, for the Co∕Pt films, this proportional relationship only held when the thickness of the Pt layer was less than ∼0.2nm. Since one Pt monolayer is 0.225nm thick, the amount of the IMA energy in the Co∕Pt films is proportional to the number of Pt–Co atomic contacts. This difference between Co∕Pt and Co∕Pd multilayer films is attributed to the difference in the latent ferromagnetism between Pt and Pd.