INFLUENCE OF ION-BEAM BOMBARDMENT ON THE PROPERTIES OF PERMALLOY-BASED MULTILAYERS

Authors
GUTIERREZ CJ SELESTINO R DAIL RW TRISTAN L KHATER M MICHEL S
Citation
Cj. Gutierrez et al., INFLUENCE OF ION-BEAM BOMBARDMENT ON THE PROPERTIES OF PERMALLOY-BASED MULTILAYERS, Journal of applied physics, 81(8), 1997, pp. 5304-5306
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Journal of applied physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00218979
Volume
81
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Part
2B
Pages
5304 - 5306
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8979(1997)81:8<5304:IOIBOT>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
This work demonstrates the feasibility of using low-energy Ar ion beam assist bombardment of permalloy (Py=Ni81Fe19) multilayers during grow th to selectively manipulate multilayer component coercivity, with min imal degradation of saturation magnetization characteristics. The enha nced giant magnetoresistance characteristics of ion beam sputtered mul tilayers with thin ''Co-dusting'' is also reported. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics.