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Magnetic properties of Fe/Pt films by symmetrical insertion of Ag

  • D. H. Wei
  • , K. L. You
  • , Y. D. Yao
  • , Y. Liou
  • , T. S. Chin
  • , C. C. Yu

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Abstract

Ultrathin Ag (0.5 nm) pinning layers (APLs) were symmetrically inserted into [Fe/Pt] bilayers to introduce controllable defects on the interfaces between Ag and Fe/Pt multilayers. The highest coercivity 7700 Oe and remanent squareness 0.95 were obtained with five APLs. The large enhancement in coercivity (75% increment compared with that without APL) is due to the relative uniform defects that introduced pinning effects on the interfaces between the APLs and Fe/Pt multilayers. According to the distribution of angule- dependent coercivity of Fe/Pt multilayers without and with APLs, a tendency is suggested of weakened domain-wall motion while enhanced rotation of reverse domain mode.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)e78-e80
JournalJournal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Volume304
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2006

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was financially supported by the main research project of Academia Sinica and the National Science Council under the grant no. NSC 94-2120-M-001-004.

Keywords

  • Ag pinning layer
  • Coercivity enhancement
  • Fe/Pt
  • Magnetization reversal behavior
  • Perpendicular recording

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