ISSN:
1077-3118
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Synthetic antiferromagnets (SyAF) made of Co90Fe10(t1)/Ru(d)/Co90Fe10(t2) trilayers and spin-valve type multilayers using a SyAF free layer were deposited on a buffer layer of Cu(2.5 nm)/Ru(10 nm) on a SiO2/Si substrate by using an ultrahigh vacuum sputtering system and a metal mask. The magnetization switching field of the SyAF in both trilayers and multilayers was independent of the Ru thickness, suggesting that the switching field is independent of the magnitude of the antiferromagnetic interlayer exchange coupling, and was proportional to t1/Δt (Δt=|t1−t2|), which is in good agreement with the model of coherent rotation with perfect antiparallel alignment during magnetization reversal of the SyAF. Giant magnetoresistance of the multilayers exhibited two types of curves depending on t1〉t2 or t1〈t2. © 2002 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1490149
