A MAGNETIC STUDY OF CO PT MULTILAYER THIN-FILMS USING MAGNETIC-X-RAY CIRCULAR-DICHROISM (MXCD)/

Authors
TATNALL CJ SCHILLE JP GRUNDY PJ LORD DG
Citation
Cj. Tatnall et al., A MAGNETIC STUDY OF CO PT MULTILAYER THIN-FILMS USING MAGNETIC-X-RAY CIRCULAR-DICHROISM (MXCD)/, Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials, 165(1-3), 1997, pp. 391-393
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science","Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials → ACNP
ISSN journal
03048853
Volume
165
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
391 - 393
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-8853(1997)165:1-3<391:AMSOCP>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The out-of-plane orbital magnetic moment of Co in Co/Pt multilayers wh ich possess varying degrees of perpendicular magnetic anisotropy have been investigated using techniques which included magnetic X-ray circu lar dichroism (MXCD). The magnitude of the orbital d moment per Co ato m, m(orb), was found to have increased in the multilayer structures co mpared to that of a single thick Co film, and this increase was found to scale approximately linearly to the magnitude of the effective anis otropy energy.