CoTaZr/Pd multilayer with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy

We report a novel perpendicularly magnetized thin film [Co91.5Ta4.5Zr4/Pd]5 multilayer, which exhibits strong perpendicular magnetic anisotropy when grown on 5 nm of Pd and Ru seed layers. The Pd-seeded multilayer annealed at 300 °C shows an effective uniaxial anisotropy constant, Keff = 1.1 MJ m−3,...

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Main Authors: Yong Chang Lau, Hüseyin Kurt, J. M. D. Coey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2013-08-01
Series:APL Materials
Online Access:http://link.aip.org/link/doi/10.1063/1.4818004