COMPARATIVE STUDY OF STRUCTURAL AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF Co/Cu MULTILAYERS MADE BY MBE AND SPUTTERING
Author(s) -
Zhao Hong-Wu,
BIE QING-SHAN,
Du Jun,
LU MU,
Yunxia Sui,
Hongru Zhai,
Xia Hui
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
acta physica sinica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.46.2047
Subject(s) - materials science , molecular beam epitaxy , condensed matter physics , magnetoresistance , giant magnetoresistance , superparamagnetism , magnetization , ferromagnetic resonance , sputtering , ferromagnetism , epitaxy , crystallite , sputter deposition , thin film , magnetic field , nuclear magnetic resonance , nanotechnology , physics , metallurgy , layer (electronics) , quantum mechanics
The structural and magnetic properties of Co/Cu multilayers prepared by molecular beam epitaxy(MBE) and sputtering were investigated and compared with each other.It was found that the well defined layered structures existed in both samples,and the former was epitaxial single crystalline;while the latter was textured polycrystalline.Ferromagnetic resonance study showed the existence of a six-fold symmetry in the film plane,revealing the perfect in-plane structure of MBE samples.Giant magnetoresistance and its oscillation with the Cu thickness were found in sputtered samples.On the contrary,the magnetic resonance of MBE samples is smaller,about 7% for the second peak position.It is assumed that the superparamagnetic structure may be formed at interfaces in MBE samples which results in the different magnetic-field-dependent behaviors of magnetoresistance and- magnetization.
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