Cobalt/iron multilayers with different layer thickness were electron beam evaporated in ultrahigh vacuum, keeping constant both the number of layers and the Co/Fe thickness ratio. Structural and magnetic properties are thoroughly investigated with different techniques. The multilayers have clean and sharp interfaces. All samples show single-phase magnetic behavior in the temperature range of 5–300 K, due to the strong exchange coupling between the layers. The room temperature hysteresis loops present a sharp switching at a field of ∼8 kA/m, followed by a residual hysteresis extending up to saturation, at fields of several tens of kA/m.
Microstructural and magnetic properties of exchange-coupled Co/Fe multilayers / Asti, Giovanni; Carbucicchio, Massimo; Ghidini, Massimo; M., Rateo; G., Ruggiero; Solzi, Massimo; F., Dorazio; F., Lucari. - In: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS. - ISSN 0021-8979. - 87:(2000), pp. 6689-6692. [10.1063/1.372809]
Microstructural and magnetic properties of exchange-coupled Co/Fe multilayers
ASTI, Giovanni;CARBUCICCHIO, Massimo;GHIDINI, Massimo;SOLZI, Massimo;
2000-01-01
Abstract
Cobalt/iron multilayers with different layer thickness were electron beam evaporated in ultrahigh vacuum, keeping constant both the number of layers and the Co/Fe thickness ratio. Structural and magnetic properties are thoroughly investigated with different techniques. The multilayers have clean and sharp interfaces. All samples show single-phase magnetic behavior in the temperature range of 5–300 K, due to the strong exchange coupling between the layers. The room temperature hysteresis loops present a sharp switching at a field of ∼8 kA/m, followed by a residual hysteresis extending up to saturation, at fields of several tens of kA/m.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.