EFFECT OF INTERCALATING NI LAYERS ON THE MAGNETIC AND MAGNETOOPTIC PROPERTIES OF CO PT MULTILAYERS/

Authors
KRISHNAN R DAS A KELLER N LASSRI H PORTE M TESSIER M
Citation
R. Krishnan et al., EFFECT OF INTERCALATING NI LAYERS ON THE MAGNETIC AND MAGNETOOPTIC PROPERTIES OF CO PT MULTILAYERS/, Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials, 174(1-2), 1997, pp. 17-20
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science","Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials → ACNP
ISSN journal
03048853
Volume
174
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
17 - 20
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-8853(1997)174:1-2<17:EOINLO>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Co/Pt/Ni/Pt/multilayers have been prepared by RF sputtering to study t he effect of Ni layer thickness on the magnetic and magneto-optical pr operties. The magnetization and the Faraday rotation have been interpr eted in terms of the properties of Ni layers in Ni/Pt and a good agree ment is obtained. The squareness of the loop of Co 5 Angstrom/Pt 15 An gstrom increases from 0.7 to 1.0 with the addition of very thin Ni lay ers (less than or equal to 5 Angstrom). For thicker Ni layers the loop shows in-plane character.