Modulating the magneto-crystalline anisotropy and the exchange bias field in CoFe/(Co,Fe)O bilayers using ion-beam bombardment and single crystalline substrates
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2012-11-01
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc
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We report the effects of ion-beam bombardment on the room temperature and low temperature magnetic properties of ferromagnetic CoFe/antiferromagnetic (Co,Fe)O thin film bilayers. The films were deposited onto amorphous SiO(2) and single crystalline MgO(110)/(100) substrates. Magnetometry showed that ion-beam bombardment was capable of modifying the coercivity and loop shape for the thin film system at room temperature, corresponding to alteration of the effective magneto-crystalline anisotropy field. After field cooling to 50 K, a shifted hysteresis loop was seen for those films containing a proportion of the antiferromagnetic rock-salt (Co,Fe)O phase, with an exchange bias magnitude that depended on the ion-beam bombardment conditions. Our results indicate that matching the substrate with appropriate ion-bombardment conditions provides a promising way to engineer selectively two important types of magnetic anisotropy in ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic bilayers: magneto-crystalline and exchange bias. © 2012, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
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Ion beams, Magnetic properties, Thin films, Antiferromagnetism, Ferromagnetism, Exchange interactions, Iron compounds, Iron alloys, Magnetometers, Transition elements, Cobalt
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Shueh, C., Cortie, D. L., Klose, F., van Lierop, J., & Lin, K. W. (2012). Modulating the magneto-crystalline anisotropy and the exchange bias field in CoFe/(Co,Fe)O bilayers using ion-beam bombardment and single crystalline substrates. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 48(11), 2892-2895. doi:10.1109/TMAG.2012.2201144