The CoCr/Pt bilayers and (CoCr/Pt)_(20) multilayers with Pt underlayer wereprepared by DC magnetron sputtering. The effects of prepared condition on perpendicular magneticanisotropy were investigated. The results show...The CoCr/Pt bilayers and (CoCr/Pt)_(20) multilayers with Pt underlayer wereprepared by DC magnetron sputtering. The effects of prepared condition on perpendicular magneticanisotropy were investigated. The results show that the thickness of Pt under-layer has a greateffect on the microstructure and perpendicular magnetic anisotropy of CoCr/Pt bilayers and(CoCr/Pt)_(20) multilayers. When the thickness of Pt underlayer increases, Pt(lll) and CoCr(002)peaks of both CoCr/Pt bilayers and (CoCr/Pt)_(20) multilayers increase and the bilayer periodicityof the multilayers is improved. The effective magnetic anisotropy of (CoCr/Pt)_(20) multilayers withPt underlayer was much larger than that of CoCr/Pt bilayers. The (CoCr/Pt)_(20) multilayers has astronger perpendicular magnetic anisotropy than that of CoCr/Pt bilayers. This is ascribed to theinterface magnetic anisotropy of the multilayers.展开更多
基金This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 50301002) and the New Star Plan of Science and Technology of Beijing (No.H020821290120)
文摘The CoCr/Pt bilayers and (CoCr/Pt)_(20) multilayers with Pt underlayer wereprepared by DC magnetron sputtering. The effects of prepared condition on perpendicular magneticanisotropy were investigated. The results show that the thickness of Pt under-layer has a greateffect on the microstructure and perpendicular magnetic anisotropy of CoCr/Pt bilayers and(CoCr/Pt)_(20) multilayers. When the thickness of Pt underlayer increases, Pt(lll) and CoCr(002)peaks of both CoCr/Pt bilayers and (CoCr/Pt)_(20) multilayers increase and the bilayer periodicityof the multilayers is improved. The effective magnetic anisotropy of (CoCr/Pt)_(20) multilayers withPt underlayer was much larger than that of CoCr/Pt bilayers. The (CoCr/Pt)_(20) multilayers has astronger perpendicular magnetic anisotropy than that of CoCr/Pt bilayers. This is ascribed to theinterface magnetic anisotropy of the multilayers.