Tailoring of the perpendicular magnetization component in ferromagnetic films on a vicinal substrate
We have engineered the magnetic properties of 1-8 nm Co films epitaxially grown on an Au-buffered bifacial W(110)/W(540) single crystal. The surface of Au/W(110) was atomically flat, whereas the Au/W(540) followed the morphology of the vicinal W surface, showing a regular array of monoatomic steps....
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Published in | Physical review letters Vol. 101; no. 21; p. 217202 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
21.11.2008
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Summary: | We have engineered the magnetic properties of 1-8 nm Co films epitaxially grown on an Au-buffered bifacial W(110)/W(540) single crystal. The surface of Au/W(110) was atomically flat, whereas the Au/W(540) followed the morphology of the vicinal W surface, showing a regular array of monoatomic steps. For Co grown on Au/W(540), the existence of the out-of-plane magnetization component extended strongly to a thickness d of about 8 nm, which was accompanied by an anomalous increase of the out-of-plane switching field with increasing d. In addition, the process of up-down magnetization switching could be realized with both a perpendicular and in-plane external magnetic field. |
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ISSN: | 0031-9007 |
DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.217202 |