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19 Jan 1998

Volume 72, Issue 3, pp. 269-391

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Structure and magnetic properties of exchange-spring Sm–Co/Co superlattices

Eric E. Fullerton, J. Samuel Jiang, C. H. Sowers, J. E. Pearson, and S. D. Bader

Appl. Phys. Lett. 72, 380 (1998); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.120743 (3 pages) | Cited 49 times

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We present structural and magnetic properties of epitaxial Sm–Co/Co superlattice films prepared via magnetron sputtering. X-ray diffraction and cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy show that the films are structurally coherent. The oriented nature of the interleaved ferromagnetically “hard” and “soft” layers comprising the superlattice provides a realization of the ideal nanostructure of exchange-spring magnets as well as a model system to study layer thickness dependences of the magnetic properties. The superlattice films have an effective fourfold, in-plane magnetic anisotropy. Room-temperature hysteresis loops are relatively square and the demagnetization of the Co is reversible, as expected of exchange-spring magnets with aligned hard magnet layers.
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68.65.-k Low-dimensional, mesoscopic, nanoscale and other related systems: structure and nonelectronic properties
75.70.Cn Magnetic properties of interfaces (multilayers, superlattices, heterostructures)
75.30.Gw Magnetic anisotropy
75.50.Cc Other ferromagnetic metals and alloys
75.60.Ej Magnetization curves, hysteresis, Barkhausen and related effects
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