Role of TbFe on Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy and Giant Magnetoresistance Effect in [Co/Ni]N-Based Spin Valves

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作者：

Minghong Tang ^{[1
]}

Zongzhi Zhang ^{[1
]}

Yanyan Zhu ^{[1
]}

Bin Ma ^{[1
]}

Qinyuan Jin ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Shanghai UltraPrecision Optical Engineering Center, Fudan University

[2] State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy and Department of Physics, East China Normal University

来源：

Nano-Micro Letters | 2014年 / 04期

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

Nano magnetic films; Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; Spin valves; TbFe;

D O I：

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中图分类号：

TB383.1 []; TB383.2 [];

学科分类号：

070205 ; 080501 ; 1406 ;

摘要：

The exchange-coupled [Co/Ni]N/Tb Fe nano-magnetic films can display strong perpendicular magnetic anisotropy(PMA) which depends on the Tb:Fe component ratio, Tb Fe layer thickness and the repetition number N of [Co/Ni]Nmultilayer. Perpendicular spin valves in the nano thickness scale, consisting of a [Co/Ni]3free and a [Co/Ni]5/Tb Fe reference multilayer, show high giant magnetoresistance(GMR) signal of 6.5 % and a large switching field difference over3 k Oe. However, unexpected slanting of the free layer magnetization, accompanied by a reduced GMR ratio, was found to be caused by the presence of a thick Fe-rich or even a thin but Tb-rich Tb Fe layer. We attribute this phenomenon to the large magnetostriction effect of Tb Fe which probably induces strong stress acting on the free layer and hence reduces its interfacial PMA.

引用

页码：359 / 364

页数：6

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