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TY - JOUR
T1 - Artificial domain structures realized by local gallium focused ion-beam modification of Pt/Co/Pt trilayer transport structure - art. no. 123102
AU - Aziz, A
AU - Bending, SJ
AU - Roberts, H
AU - Crampin, S
AU - Heard, PJ
AU - Marrows, CH
PY - 2005/12/15
Y1 - 2005/12/15
N2 - We demonstrate that a high-resolution Ga focused ion beam can be used to introduce artificial domain structures in Pt(1.6 nm)/Co(0.5 nm)/Pt(3.5 nm) trilayer transport structures. We have used thin SiO(2) overlayers to control the effective energy and dose of Ga ions at the Pt/Co interface. The extraordinary Hall effect (EHE) was used to characterize the magnetic properties of the patterned films. Using 30 keV Ga ions and SiO(2) overlayer thicknesses in the range of 0-24 nm, we achieve complete control of the coercive field of our Pt/Co/Pt trilayer structures. The magnetization reversal mechanism for an artificial domain of size of 3x0.5 mu m(2) is investigated using EHE. (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics.
AB - We demonstrate that a high-resolution Ga focused ion beam can be used to introduce artificial domain structures in Pt(1.6 nm)/Co(0.5 nm)/Pt(3.5 nm) trilayer transport structures. We have used thin SiO(2) overlayers to control the effective energy and dose of Ga ions at the Pt/Co interface. The extraordinary Hall effect (EHE) was used to characterize the magnetic properties of the patterned films. Using 30 keV Ga ions and SiO(2) overlayer thicknesses in the range of 0-24 nm, we achieve complete control of the coercive field of our Pt/Co/Pt trilayer structures. The magnetization reversal mechanism for an artificial domain of size of 3x0.5 mu m(2) is investigated using EHE. (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics.
KW - MAGNETIC-PROPERTIES
KW - MEDIA
KW - IRRADIATION
KW - CO/PT MULTILAYERS
KW - LAYERS
KW - ANISOTROPY
U2 - 10.1063/1.2149500
DO - 10.1063/1.2149500
M3 - Journal article
VL - 98
JO - Journal of Applied Physics
JF - Journal of Applied Physics
SN - 0021-8979
IS - 12
M1 - 124102
ER -