Microscopic return point memory in Co/Pd multilayer films
Abstract
We report soft x-ray speckle metrology measurements of microscopic return point and complementary point memory in Co/Pd magnetic films having perpendicular anisotropy. We observe that the domains assemble into a common labyrinth phase with a period that varies by nearly a factor of two between initial reversal and fields near saturation. Unlike previous studies of similar systems, the ability of the film to reproduce its domain structure after magnetic cycling through saturation varies from loop to loop, from position to position on the sample, and with the part of the speckle pattern used in the metrology measurements. We report the distribution of memory as a function of field and discuss these results in terms of the reversal process.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- Advanced Light Source Division
- OSTI Identifier:
- 982832
- Report Number(s):
- LBNL-2752E
TRN: US201014%%83
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- New Journal Of Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: New Journal Of Physics
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75; 36; ANISOTROPY; DISTRIBUTION; DOMAIN STRUCTURE; SATURATION; X-ray scattering (including small-angle scattering),Magnetic properties of thin films, surfaces, and interfaces,Domain structure (including magnetic bubbles)
Citation Formats
Seu, K A, Su, R, Roy, S, Parks, D, Shipton, E, Fullerton, E E, and Kevan, S D. Microscopic return point memory in Co/Pd multilayer films. United States: N. p., 2009.
Web.
Seu, K A, Su, R, Roy, S, Parks, D, Shipton, E, Fullerton, E E, & Kevan, S D. Microscopic return point memory in Co/Pd multilayer films. United States.
Seu, K A, Su, R, Roy, S, Parks, D, Shipton, E, Fullerton, E E, and Kevan, S D. 2009.
"Microscopic return point memory in Co/Pd multilayer films". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/982832.
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title = {Microscopic return point memory in Co/Pd multilayer films},
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abstractNote = {We report soft x-ray speckle metrology measurements of microscopic return point and complementary point memory in Co/Pd magnetic films having perpendicular anisotropy. We observe that the domains assemble into a common labyrinth phase with a period that varies by nearly a factor of two between initial reversal and fields near saturation. Unlike previous studies of similar systems, the ability of the film to reproduce its domain structure after magnetic cycling through saturation varies from loop to loop, from position to position on the sample, and with the part of the speckle pattern used in the metrology measurements. We report the distribution of memory as a function of field and discuss these results in terms of the reversal process.},
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year = {Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2009},
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