TY - JOUR
T1 - Perpendicular Exchange Bias in (Co/Pt)n Multilayers
AU - Elphick, Kelvin
AU - O'Grady, Kevin Dermot
AU - Vallejo Fernandez, Gonzalo
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PY - 2019/1/23
Y1 - 2019/1/23
N2 - For solid state magnetic memories and other potential devices based on giant magnetoresistance and tunneling magnetoresistance effects, it is invariably required that one ferromagnetic layer remains with its magnetization pinned in a given direction. The other ferromagnetic layer is then free to rotate creating the magnetoresistive effect. The fixing or pinning of one of the ferromagnetic layers can be achieved by using a material with a high coercivity or significantly higher anisotropy than the other layer. In conventional devices with in-plane anisotropy this is achieved by the use of the exchange bias phenomenon where the pinned layer is coupled to an antiferromagnetic layer typically consisting of IrMn. In this work we consider strategies to achieve the exchange bias phenomena in materials with strong perpendicular orientation to the magnetization and the potential for achieving the required exchange bias. We report on successfully achieving this objective in a (Co/Pt)n system. We have achieved values of loop shift approaching 700 Oe at room temperature and blocking temperatures in excess of 500K.
AB - For solid state magnetic memories and other potential devices based on giant magnetoresistance and tunneling magnetoresistance effects, it is invariably required that one ferromagnetic layer remains with its magnetization pinned in a given direction. The other ferromagnetic layer is then free to rotate creating the magnetoresistive effect. The fixing or pinning of one of the ferromagnetic layers can be achieved by using a material with a high coercivity or significantly higher anisotropy than the other layer. In conventional devices with in-plane anisotropy this is achieved by the use of the exchange bias phenomenon where the pinned layer is coupled to an antiferromagnetic layer typically consisting of IrMn. In this work we consider strategies to achieve the exchange bias phenomena in materials with strong perpendicular orientation to the magnetization and the potential for achieving the required exchange bias. We report on successfully achieving this objective in a (Co/Pt)n system. We have achieved values of loop shift approaching 700 Oe at room temperature and blocking temperatures in excess of 500K.
U2 - 10.1109/TMAG.2019.2892205
DO - 10.1109/TMAG.2019.2892205
M3 - Article
SN - 0018-9464
VL - 55
JO - IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
JF - IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
M1 - 4800106
ER -