Magneto-Optical Study of NiFe/Au/Co/Au Layers

• Authors: P. Mazalski , K. Postava , M. Tekielak , A. Maziewski , M. Urbaniak , B. Szymański , F. Stobiecki
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Sputtered NiFe/Au/Co/Au layers with noncollinear magnetizations are of scientific interest for unusual magnetization behavior and their potential application in spintronics. In this paper, we propose to use a material selective sensitivity of magneto-optical Kerr effect for separation of signals from different materials in a bilayer system. The materials selective sensitivity is demonstrated on a sample with two mutually perpendicular Co and NiFe wedges.

Keywords

EN

75.60.-d; 75.70.-i; 75.70.Ak; 78.20.Ls

Discipline

• 75.70.-i: Magnetic properties of thin films, surfaces, and interfaces(for magnetic properties of nanostructures, see 75.75.-c)
• 75.70.Ak: Magnetic properties of monolayers and thin films
• 75.60.-d: Domain effects, magnetization curves, and hysteresis(for dynamics of domain structures, see 75.78.Fg)
• 78.20.Ls: Magneto-optical effects(for magneto-optical devices, see 85.70.Sq)

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 115
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 369-371

Dates

published

2009-01

Contributors

author

P. Mazalski

• Laboratory of Magnetism, University of Białystok, Lipowa 41, 15-424 Białystok, Poland

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K. Postava

• Laboratory of Magnetism, University of Białystok, Lipowa 41, 15-424 Białystok, Poland
• Department of Physics, Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 15, 708 33 Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic

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M. Tekielak

• Laboratory of Magnetism, University of Białystok, Lipowa 41, 15-424 Białystok, Poland

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A. Maziewski

• Laboratory of Magnetism, University of Białystok, Lipowa 41, 15-424 Białystok, Poland

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M. Urbaniak

• Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, M. Smoluchowskiego 17, 60-179 Poznań, Poland

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B. Szymański

• Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, M. Smoluchowskiego 17, 60-179 Poznań, Poland

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F. Stobiecki

• Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, M. Smoluchowskiego 17, 60-179 Poznań, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.115.369