Direct observation of magnetic exchange-spring development in epitaxial DyFe2/YFe2 superlattices by magneto-optical Kerr effect

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作者：
Wang, Ke [1 ]
Xiang, Yang [1 ]
Chen, Chuanwen [1 ]
Zhuang, Fengjiang [1 ]
Wu, Xuefeng [1 ]
Ward, Roger [2 ]
机构：
[1] Huaqiao Univ, Coll Informat Sci & Engn, Xiamen 361021, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Oxford, Clarendon Lab, Oxford OX1 3PU, England
来源：
FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS LETTERS | 2015年 / 8卷 / 05期
关键词：
Magnetic superlattices; nanostructured multilayers; MBE growth; surface magneto-optical Kerr effect; MICRON-SIZED STRIPES; COERCIVITY; BEHAVIOR; REVERSAL;
D O I：
10.1142/S1793604715500538
中图分类号：
T [工业技术];
学科分类号：
08 ;
摘要：
The magnetic reversal properties of molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) grown Laves phase single crystal YFe2-dominated DyFe2/YFe2 superlattices were investigated using magneto-optical Kerr effect (MOKE) measurements. Single crystal DyFe2/YFe2 superlattices with a thickness ratio of 1:4 were MBE-grown with a (110) growth direction. In the epitaxial superlattices, the development of exchange-spring structure during magnetic reversal is revealed by both magneto-optical reflectivity and Kerr rotation angle loops. The bending fields of the samples are found to be close due to nonideal anisotropy in both hard and soft layers. For the sample with thin soft/hard layers, large magneto-optical reflectivity change up to 0.25% was observed. This can be related with rotation of Fe spins in YFe2 soft layers under a low pinning field, in consistence with the small switching field of thin DyFe2 hard layers measured experimentally.
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