Js. Conyers et al., THE EFFECT OF DIFFUSION-INDUCED STRESS ON THE MAGNETIC-PROPERTIES OF C-NI A-NI50ZR50 MULTILAYERS/, Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials, 156(1-3), 1996, pp. 419-420
Multilayer specimens of crystalline Ni and amorphous Ni50Zr50 are prod
uced by de planar magnetron sputtering, Magnetic hysteresis loops are
measured using a vibrating sample magnetometer. The change in the hyst
eresis loops on annealing is consistent with a reversal in anisotropy
brought about by a diffusion-induced tensile stress in the magnetic Ni
layers.