Published April 12, 2004 | Version v1
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Magnetic patterning of exchange-coupled multilayers

Creators

  • 1. IBM Mainz Materials Laboratory, Mainz (Germany)
  • 2. Fachbereich Physik and Forschungsschwerpunkt MINAS, Technische Universitaet Kaiserslautern, D-67663 Kaiserslautern (Germany)

Description

The local modification of antiferromagnetic (AF) interlayer exchange coupling by focused ion-beam irradiation has been studied experimentally in the epitaxial Fe/Cr/Fe(001) trilayer systems. Square ferromagnetic (FM) areas of 200x200 μm2 were created in the initially AF trilayer by ion irradiation with a fluence of 1015 ions/cm2. It was found, that in the range of the external magnetic field of about ±200 Oe, the change of magnetic properties at the boundaries separating FM and AF areas occurs within distances of less than 200 nm. This fact allows the use of the technique for magnetic patterning of antiferromagnetically coupled trilayers on the submicrometer scale

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1063/1.1699475;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Journal Volume
84
Journal Issue
15
Journal Page Range
p. 2853-2855
ISSN
0003-6951
CODEN
APPLAB

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36045095
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Descriptors DEI
ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHROMIUM; EPITAXY; EXCHANGE INTERACTIONS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; HYSTERESIS; ION BEAMS; IRON; IRRADIATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; TOPOGRAPHY
Descriptors DEC
BEAMS; CRYSTAL GROWTH METHODS; ELEMENTS; INTERACTIONS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETISM; MATERIALS; METALS; MICROSCOPY; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; TRANSITION ELEMENTS

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(c) 2004 American Institute of Physics.