Published August 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Synthetic Co5Pt5/Ru/CoFe hard-soft trilayer in spin valves

  • 1. Data Storage Institute, DSI Building, 5 Engineering Drive, Singapore 117608 (Singapore)
  • 2. Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260 (Singapore)

Description

The influence of deposition power and seedlayer on the properties of hard magnet Co5Pt5 was studied. Co5Pt5(/Co9Fe1)/Ru/Co9Fe1 trilayer was used as pining/pinned layer in spin valves. The influences of different hard layer, soft layer and free layer on exchange bias, interlayer coupling, and magnetoresistance (MR) ratio were studied. Weak antiferromagnetic interlayer coupling was obtained by adjusting the thickness of hard and soft layers. MR of a spin valve with structure Cr2/CoFe0.5/CoPt4/CoFe0.5/Ru0.8/CoFe2.2/Cu2.05/CoFe2.6/Cu1.1/Ta1 reached 10.68% (unit in nm), which is comparable to those of IrMn-based synthetic spin valves. The increment of the coercivity of the free layer is mainly due to the static magnetic interaction between the hard layer and the free layer

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jmmm.2006.01.047;
PII
S0304-8853(06)00063-1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Journal Volume
303
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. e176-e179
ISSN
0304-8853
CODEN
JMMMDC

Conference

Title
6. international symposium on physics of magnetic materials
Dates
13-16 Sep 2005
Place
Singapore (Singapore)

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37109667
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; COBALT COMPOUNDS; COERCIVE FORCE; COPPER; COUPLING; DEPOSITION; INTERACTIONS; IRON COMPOUNDS; LAYERS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETS; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; RUTHENIUM; SPIN
Descriptors DEC
ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; ELEMENTS; EQUIPMENT; MAGNETISM; METALS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PLATINUM METALS; REFRACTORY METALS; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS

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