Perpendicular exchange bias effect in sputter-deposited CoFe/IrMn bilayers
- School of Physics and CRANN, Trinity College, Dublin 2 (Ireland)
CoFe/IrMn bilayers with perpendicular magnetization for various IrMn layer thicknesses exhibit unusual two-step hysteresis loops with both positive and negative loop shifts. Observed at room temperature in the as-grown state, they provide direct evidence of large antiferromagnetic domain formation at the IrMn interface. The exchange bias field reaches 100 mT with an IrMn layer thickness of 4 nm after field annealing at 200 °C–300 °C in 800 mT, which is at least three times as large as the coercivity, and may be useful for reference layers of spin-valves or magnetic tunnel junctions with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy.
- OSTI ID:
- 22262601
- Journal Information:
- Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 104, Issue 15; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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