Domain structures and magnetization reversal in Co/Pd and CoFeB/Pd multilayers

R. Sbiaa*, M. Ranjbar, J. Åkerman

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Abstract

Domain structures and magnetization reversal of (Co/Pd) and (CoFeB/Pd) multilayers with 7 and 14 repeats were investigated. The Co-based multilayers show much larger coercivities, a better squareness, and a sharper magnetization switching than CoFeB-based multilayers. From magnetic force microscopy observations, both structures show strong reduction in domains size as the number of repeats increases but the magnetic domains for Co-based multilayers are more than one order of magnitude larger than for CoFeB-based multilayers. By imaging domains at different times, breaks in the (CoFeB/Pd) multilayer stripes were observed within only few hours, while no change could be seen for (Co/Pd) multilayers. Although CoFeB single layers are suitable for magnetoresistive devices due to their large spin polarization and low damping constants, their lamination with Pd suffers mainly from thermal instability.

Original languageEnglish
Article number17C102
JournalJournal of Applied Physics
Volume117
Issue number17
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 7 2015

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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