Interfacial tuning of perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and spin magnetic moment in CoFe/Pd multilayers
Abstract
We report on a strong perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in [CoFe 0.4nm/Pd t]6 (t = 1.0-2.0 nm) multilayers fabricated by DC sputtering in a ultrahigh vacuum chamber. Saturation magnetization, Ms, and uniaxial anisotropy, Ku, of the multilayers decrease with increasing the spacing thickness, with a Ms of 155 emu/cc and a Ku of 1.14× 105 J/m3 at a spacing thickness of t = 2 nm. X-ray absorption spectroscopy and X-ray magnetic circular dichroism measurements reveal that spin and orbital magnetic moments of Co and Fe in CoFe film decrease as function of Pd thickness, indicating the major contribution of surface/interfacial magnetism to the magnetic properties of the film.
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