Strong perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in CoFeB/Pd multilayers

Jong Ho Jung, Boram Jeong, Sang Ho Lim, Seong Rae Lee

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Abstract

The strong perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA), indicated by a large coercivity of 590 Oe, is obtained in CoFeB/Pd multilayers through a systematic study that involves using various substrates (Si, glass, sapphire, and MgO) and seed layers (Al and Ta) and also varying the thickness of the seed layer. The PMA is nearly independent of the substrate when Al is used as a seed layer, but the dependence increases significantly with increasing seed layer thickness. The behavior becomes rather complicated for the multilayers with a Ta seed layer, showing a large substrate dependence and a large seed layer thickness dependence.

Original languageEnglish
Article number023001
JournalApplied Physics Express
Volume3
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010 Feb

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Engineering(all)
  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

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