Published July 15, 2002
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Journal article
Miscut-angle dependence of perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in thin epitaxial CoPt3 films grown on vicinal MgO
- 1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093 (United States)
- 2. Department of Physics, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093 (United States)
Description
The effect of vicinal substrates on the growth-induced perpendicular magnetic anisotropy of epitaxial CoPt3 films has been studied. A small (2 deg., 4 deg., or 10 deg.) miscut angle of the vicinal substrate causes the crystallographic axes of the sample to be tilted along the miscut direction. The magnitude of the perpendicular anisotropy is unaffected by the presence of substrate steps produced by the miscut angle, while an additional, in-plane anisotropy develops with a larger miscut angle. Effects of the steps are seen in magnetic force microscopic images of domain wall pinning
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.1491610;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Applied Physics Letters
- Journal Volume
- 81
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 517-519
- ISSN
- 0003-6951
- CODEN
- APPLAB
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 35024323
- Subject category
- S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANISOTROPY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COBALT ALLOYS; EPITAXY; LAYERS; MAGNESIUM OXIDES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; PLATINUM ALLOYS; SURFACES; THIN FILMS
- Descriptors DEC
- ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS; ALLOYS; CHALCOGENIDES; CRYSTAL GROWTH METHODS; FILMS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MICROSCOPY; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PLATINUM METAL ALLOYS; TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2002 American Institute of Physics.