Depth-Dependent Magnetization Profiles of Hybrid Exchange Springs

• We report on the magnetization depth profile of a hybrid exchange-spring system in which a Co/Pd multilayer with perpendicular anisotropy is coupled to a CoFeB thin film with in-plane anisotropy. The competition between these two orthogonal anisotropies promotes a strong depth dependence of the magnetization orientation. The angle of the magnetization vector is sensitive both to the strength of the individual anisotropies and to the local exchange constant and is thus tunable by changing the thickness of the CoFeB layer and by substituting Ni for Pd in one layer of the Co/Pd stack. The resulting magnetic depth profiles are directly probed by element-specific x-ray magnetic circular dichroism of the Fe and Ni layers located at different average depths. The experimental results are corroborated by micromagnetic simulations.

Ämnesord

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Annan fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Other Physics Topics (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

RAY CIRCULAR-DICHROISM

SPIN-TORQUE OSCILLATOR

MICROSCOPIC ORIGIN

PERPENDICULAR-ANISOTROPY

NI/PT MULTILAYERS

TRANSITION-METALS

NANO-OSCILLATORS

ORBITAL-MOMENT

DATA-STORAGE

DRIVEN

Physics

Applied

OHR J

1995

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

V75

P3748

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