Imprinting layer specific magnetic anisotropies in amorphous multilayers

• We demonstrate how layer specific in-plane magnetic anisotropy can be imprinted in amorphous multilayers. The anisotropy is obtained by growing the magnetic layers in the presence of an external field and the anisotropy direction can thereby be arbitrarily chosen for each of the magnetic layers. We used Co68Fe24Zr8 and Al70Zr30 layers as building blocks for demonstrating this effect. The imprinting is expected to be obtainable for a wide range of amorphous materials when grown at temperatures below the magnetic ordering temperature.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik (hsv//swe)

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

Keyword

Amourphous multilayers

Physics

Fysik

Materiefysik

Physics of Matter

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