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Magnetic properties of ultrathin discontinuous Co/Pt multilayers: Comparison with short-range ordered and isotropic CoPt3 films

Journal Article · · Physical Review B
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [6]
  1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials Sciences Division; Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics; ETH Zurich (Switzerland). Dept. of Materials
  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials Sciences Division; Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics; Univ. of Rouen (France)
  3. Univ. of Rouen (France)
  4. Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics
  5. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials Sciences Division; Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics
  6. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials Sciences Division; Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics; Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics
In this paper, magnetic properties of thin Co/Pt multilayers have been investigated in order to study the dependence of magnetization $$M$$, uniaxial anisotropy $${K}_{u}$$, and Curie temperature $${T}_{\mathrm{C}}$$ on the multilayer thickness, composition, and structure. A comparison between epitaxial submonolayer multilayers and epitaxial fcc $${\mathrm{CoPt}}_{3}$$ alloy films with large perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) attributed to growth-induced Co clustering reveals significant differences in the temperature dependence of magnetization $M(T)$, despite the presence of thin planar Co platelets in both cases. Even the thinnest discontinuous multilayered structure shows a Langevin-like $M(T)$, while the alloy films with PMA show a broadened and enhanced $M(T)$ indicating a distribution of environments, including monolayer Co platelets separated by only 1-2 layers of Pt. These differences have been reproduced in Monte Carlo simulations, and are shown to be due to different distributions of Co-Co and Co-Pt nearest neighbors. Finally, the relatively uniform Co-Co coordination of even a discontinuous rough multilayer produces a Langevin-like $M(T)$, whereas the broader distribution associated with platelets in the PMA films results in a nearly linear $$T$$ dependence of $$M$$.
Research Organization:
Univ. of Rouen (France); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
IT Resource Center of Haute Normandie (CRIHAN) (France); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231; FG02-04ER46100
OSTI ID:
1456946
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1256117
Journal Information:
Physical Review B, Journal Name: Physical Review B Journal Issue: 22 Vol. 93; ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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