OPTICAL AND MAGNETOOPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF EVAPORATED CO/PT ALLOYS AND MULTILAYERS

被引:39
作者
BRANDLE, H [1 ]
WELLER, D [1 ]
SCOTT, JC [1 ]
PARKIN, SSP [1 ]
LIN, CJ [1 ]
机构
[1] BALZERS AG,BALZER 9496,ECUADOR
关键词
Cobalt-platinum alloys - Kerr effect - Kerr rotation - Multilayers;
D O I
10.1109/20.179687
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The optical and magneto-optical properties of evaporated Co1-xPtx alloys and Co/Pt mutilayers have been studied at room-temperature in the photon energy range 0.8 less-than-or-equal-to HBAR-omega less-than-or-equal-to 5eV. A maximum, Pt-induced Kerr rotation of \theta(K)\=0.66-degrees is found in evaporated alloys (x almost-equal-to 0.5) compared to \theta(K)\=0.49-degrees in corresponding multilayers. The difference is related to the type of Pt exchange polarization mechanism, which is 3D in alloys and 2D in multilayers, and a lower room-temperature magnetization due to a reduced Curie temperature in the multilayers. We confirm that a strong interband transitions at 4.2 eV due to Pt contributions is responsible for the remarkable Kerr effect in Co1-xPtx.
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页码:2967 / 2969
页数:3
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