Characterization of the magnetic modification of Co/Pt multilayer films by He+, Ar+, and Ga+ ion irradiation

C. T. Rettner; S. Anders; J. E E Baglin; T. Thomson; B. D. Terris

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Characterization of the magnetic modification of Co/Pt multilayer films by He+, Ar+, and Ga+ ion irradiation

C. T. Rettner, S. Anders, J. E E Baglin, T. Thomson, B. D. Terris

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Co/Pt multilayers can exhibit large perpendicular anisotropies and coercivities that are very sensitive to the quality of the Co/Pt interfaces. We have characterized the dependence of coercivity of Co/Pt multilayers on irradiation with various ion species (He+, Ar+, and Ga+), energies (20 keV-2 MeV), and doses (1011-10 17ions/cm2), in order to understand better the nature of the structural changes responsible for the magnetic changes. We find that, in general, the system is much more sensitive to irradiation than expected on the basis of a nearest-neighbor coupling model and simple ballistic ion-beam mixing. © 2002 American Institute of Physics.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	279-281
Number of pages	2
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	80
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1432108
Publication status	Published - 14 Jan 2002

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