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Unusual Magnetization Reversal in [Co/Pt]4 Multilayers With Perpendicular Anisotropy

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X M. Cheng, Valerian I. Nikitenko, Alexander J. Shapiro, Robert D. Shull, C L. Chien

Abstract

Unusual magnetization reversal of [Co(4 )/Pt(10 )]4 multilayers with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy has been revealed macroscopically by magnetometry measurements and microscopically by magneto-optical Kerr effect (MOKE) microscopy and magnetic force microscopy (MFM) imaging. During the first order reversal process, the magnetization first decreases, reaches a plateau, and finally rises back to saturation, corresponding to respectively. expanding bubble domains, stationary domains, and domains with unchanged boundaries but fading contrast. MFM imaging reveals the existence of many submicron-scaled unreversed channels within the boundary of the bubble domains. The magnetization reversal behavior can be accounted for by the evolution of the unusual domain structures in different field regimes
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Journal of Applied Physics
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magnetic force microscopy imaging, magnetization reversal, perpendicular anisotropy

Citation

Cheng, X. , Nikitenko, V. , Shapiro, A. , Shull, R. and Chien, C. (2006), Unusual Magnetization Reversal in [Co/Pt]4 Multilayers With Perpendicular Anisotropy, Journal of Applied Physics, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=853410 (Accessed April 25, 2024)

Created April 20, 2006, Updated October 12, 2021