Effect of field cooling process and ion-beam bombardment on the exchange bias of NiCo/(Ni, Co)O bilayers

被引：11

作者：

Li, X. ^{[1
]}

Lin, K. -W. ^{[2
]}

Liu, H. -Y. ^{[2
]}

Wei, D. -H. ^{[3
]}

Li, G. J. ^{[1
]}

Pong, P. W. T. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Hong Kong, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China

[2] Natl Chung Hsing Univ, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Taichung 402, Taiwan

[3] Natl Synchrotron Radiat Res Ctr, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan

来源：

THIN SOLID FILMS | 2014年 / 570卷

关键词：

Magnetic thin films; Exchange bias; Ion-beam bombardment; DEPENDENCE;

D O I：

10.1016/j.tsf.2014.03.032

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

The research on exchange coupled ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic (FM/AF) bilayers has been the foundation of spintronic applications such as hard disk reading heads and spin torque oscillators. In order to further explore the exchange bias behavior of NiCo/(Ni, Co)O bilayers, effect of field cooling process, magnetic angular dependence, and ion-beam bombardment was investigated. The difference in film composition resulted in remarkable distinction in crystalline structures and domain patterns. The exchange bias field (Hex) in the bilayer systems exhibited a strong angular dependence. The negative Hex after a field cooling process indicated that the polarity of Hex can be defined by aligning the magnetization orientation of the FM NiCo layer with the applied field. Moreover, enhanced exchange bias effect was observed in the NiCo/(Ni, Co) O bilayers that resulted from the surface of the (Ni, Co) O layers bombarded with different Ar+ ion-beam energies using End-Hall voltages from 0 V to 150 V. The interface spin structures as well as the surface domain patterns were altered by the ion-beam bombardment process. These results indicated that the exchange bias field of NiCo/(Ni, Co) O bilayer systems could be tailored by field cooling process, angular dependence of magnetic properties, and post ion-beam bombardment. (C) 2014 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：383 / 389

页数：7

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