ملخص
We have used the method of anomalous Hall effect (AHE) to characterize magnetic thin film structures consisting of both perpendicular (normal-to-plane) and longitudinal (in-plane) anisotropies. AHE enables the simultaneous extraction of the perpendicular and in-plane magnetizations. The method is used to obtain the hysteresis loops and study the switching behavior of [Co/Pd] multilayers coupled to different seed layers. Results show that Cu seed layer helps to reduce the switching field distribution (SFD) and increase the coercivity while Co underlayer with an in-plane anisotropy helps to reduce the coercivity and increase the SFD. Furthermore, the magnetization in the Co in-plane layer is found to be pointing out of plane possibly due to exchange coupling with the [Co/Pd] multilayers.
اللغة الأصلية | English |
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رقم المقال | 093904 |
دورية | Journal of Applied Physics |
مستوى الصوت | 106 |
رقم الإصدار | 9 |
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حالة النشر | Published - 2009 |
منشور خارجيًا | نعم |
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