Magnetic properties of ultrathin discontinuous Co/Pt multilayers: Comparison with short-range ordered and isotropic films
Journal Article
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· Physical Review B
- 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
- 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)
- Univ. of Rouen (France)
- Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials Sciences Division; Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics
- 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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