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Half-metallic Co-based full-Heusler alloys with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA), such as Co 2 FeAl in contact with MgO, are receiving increased attention recently due to its full spin polarization for high density memory applications. However, the PMA induced by MgO interface can only be realized for very thin magnetic layers (usually below 1.3 nm), which would have strong adverse effects on the material properties of spin polarization, Gilbert damping parameter, and magnetic stability. In order to solve this issue, we fabricated oxidized Co 50 Fe 25 Al 25  (CFAO) films with proper thicknesses without employing the MgO layer. The samples show controllable PMA by tuning the oxygen pressure ( P  O2 ) and CFAO thickness ( t  CFAO ), large perpendicular anisotropy field of ~8.0 kOe can be achieved at  P  O2  = 12% for the sample of  t  CFAO  = 2.1 nm or at  P  O2  = 7% for  t  CFAO  = 2.8 nm. The loss of PMA at thick  t  CFAO  or high  P  O2  results mainly from the formation of large amount of CoFe oxides, which are superparamagnetic at room temperature but become hard magnetic at low temperatures. The magnetic CFAO films, with strong PMA in a relatively wide thickness range and small intrinsic damping parameter below 0.028, would find great applications in developing advanced spintronic devices.

Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and magnetization dynamics in oxidized CoFeAl films