Tailoring interlayer exchange coupling of ferromagnetic films across MgO with Fe nanoclusters

被引：16

作者：

Wong, Jared J. I. ^{[1
]}

Ramirez, Luciana ^{[1
]}

Swartz, A. G. ^{[1
]}

Hoff, A. ^{[1
]}

Han, Wei ^{[1
]}

Li, Yan ^{[1
]}

Kawakami, R. K. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Riverside, Dept Phys & Astron, Riverside, CA 92521 USA

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2010年 / 81卷 / 09期

关键词：

MAGNETIC TUNNEL-JUNCTIONS; MAGNETORESISTANCE;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevB.81.094406

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

We investigate the interlayer exchange coupling in Fe/MgO/Fe and Fe/MgO/Co systems with magnetic Fe nanoclusters embedded in the MgO spacer. Samples are grown by molecular-beam epitaxy and utilize wedged MgO films to independently vary the film thickness and the position of the Fe nanoclusters. Depending on the position of the Fe nanoclusters, the bilinear coupling (J(1)) exhibits strong variations in magnitude and can even switch between antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic. This effect is explained by the magnetic coupling between the ferromagnetic films and the magnetic nanoclusters. Interestingly, the coupling of Fe nanoclusters to a Co film is 160% stronger than their coupling to a Fe film (at MgO spacing of 0.56 nm). This is much greater than the coupling difference of 20% observed in the analogous thin film systems (i.e. Fe/MgO/Co vs Fe/MgO/Fe), identifying an interesting nanoscaling effect related to the coupling between films and nanoclusters.

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