Magnetic degradation of thin film multilayers during ion milling

We present a study of Ar ion milling-induced damage in exchange biased IrMn/CoFe/Ag-based magnetic multilayer thin films. While process variations determine the change in CoFe magnetic properties, the distance from the ion milling front to the IrMn/CoFe interface dominates the extent of exchange bia...

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Main Authors: J. C. Read, P. M. Braganca, N. Robertson, J. R. Childress
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2014-04-01
Series:APL Materials
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4870802