Effect of substrate temperature on the magnetic properties of epitaxial sputter-grown Co/Pt

Mihai, A., Whiteside, A., Canwell, E., Marrows, C., Benitez Romero, M. J., McGrouther, D. , McVitie, S. and Moore, T. (2013) Effect of substrate temperature on the magnetic properties of epitaxial sputter-grown Co/Pt. Applied Physics Letters, 103, p. 262401. (doi: 10.1063/1.4856395)

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Publisher's URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4856395

Abstract

Epitaxial Co/Pt films have been deposited by dc-magnetron sputtering onto heated C-plane sapphire substrates. X-ray diffraction, the residual resistivity, and transmission electron microscopy indicate that the Co/Pt films are highly ordered on the atomic scale. The coercive field and the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy increase as the substrate temperature is increased from 100–250 °C during deposition of the Co/Pt. Measurement of the domain wall creep velocity as a function of applied magnetic field yields the domain wall pinning energy, which scales with the coercive field. Evidence for an enhanced creep velocity in highly ordered epitaxial Co/Pt is found.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:McVitie, Professor Stephen and Benitez Romero, Dr Maria Jose and McGrouther, Dr Damien
Authors: Mihai, A., Whiteside, A., Canwell, E., Marrows, C., Benitez Romero, M. J., McGrouther, D., McVitie, S., and Moore, T.
Subjects:Q Science > QC Physics
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy > Kelvin Nanocharacterisation Centre
Research Group:MCMP
Journal Name:Applied Physics Letters
Publisher:AIP Publishing
ISSN:0003-6951
ISSN (Online):1077-3118

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Project CodeAward NoProject NamePrincipal InvestigatorFunder's NameFunder RefLead Dept
547981Current-Driven Domain Wall Motion in Multilayer NanowiresStephen McvitieEngineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)EP/I013520/1P&A - PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY