Published November 2010 | Version v1
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Effects of thermal annealing on structural and magnetic properties of thin Pt/Cr/Co multilayers

Creators

  • 1. Institute of Physics, Sachivalaya Marg, Bhubaneswar 751 005 (India)
  • 2. Center for Advanced Material Processing, Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Mahatma Gandhi Avenue, Durgapur 713 209 (India)
  • 3. Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, P.O. Box 510119, 01314 Dresden (Germany)
  • 4. UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Khandwa Road, Indore 452 017 (India)

Description

Thermal stability of thin Pt/Cr/Co multilayers and the subsequent changes in their structural, magnetic, and magneto-optical properties are reported. We observe CoCrPt ternary alloy phase formation due to annealing at temperatures about 773 K, which is accompanied by enhancement in the coercivity value. In addition, 360o domain wall superimposed on a monodomain like background has been observed in the pristine multilayer, which changes into a multidomain upon annealing at 873 K.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2010.06.046

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jmmm.2010.06.046;
PII
S0304-8853(10)00441-5;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Journal Volume
322
Journal Issue
21
Journal Page Range
p. 3464-3469
ISSN
0304-8853
CODEN
JMMMDC

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
42048917
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Descriptors DEI
ANNEALING; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; COBALT ALLOYS; COERCIVE FORCE; LAYERS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLATINUM ALLOYS; TEMPERATURE RANGE 1000-4000 K; TERNARY ALLOY SYSTEMS
Descriptors DEC
ALLOY SYSTEMS; ALLOYS; HEAT TREATMENTS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PLATINUM METAL ALLOYS; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS

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