MICROSTRUCWRE, MAGNETIC PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS IN SPUTTEREP Pt/CO MULTILAYERS

Exchange Coupling in Magnetic Multilayers

In magnetic multilayers, the magnetizations of two ferromagnetic layers separated by a non-magnetic spacer layer are coupled by the electrons in the spacer layer. This coupling oscillates in sign as a function of the thickness of the spacer layer. Extensive research done on these systems has led to a simple model for this coupling and remarkable agreement between predictions of the model and me...

Magnetic multilayers on nanospheres.

Thin-film technology is widely implemented in numerous applications. Although flat substrates are commonly used, we report on the advantages of using curved surfaces as a substrate. The curvature induces a lateral film-thickness variation that allows alteration of the properties of the deposited material. Based on this concept, a variety of implementations in materials science can be expected. ...

Magnetic superlattices and multilayers

We brie#y review the active areas of current research in magnetic superlattices, emphasizing later years. With recent widening use of advanced technologies, more emphasis has been made on quantitative atomic level chemical and structural characterization. Examples where the multilayer structure has been controlled, characterized and correlated with the physical properties are discussed. The phy...

Spin Dynamics and Magnetic Multilayers

Magnetic-coherence-length scaling in metallic multilayers.

An improved description of the critical properties of metallic multilayers is obtained by introducing the concept of a scaled magnetic coherence length in the Takahashi-Tachiki theory. By that, the absolute magnitude of the upper critical fields and the position of the dimensional crossover are uncoupled and become independent quantities. Much better phase diagrams can be obtained by using this...