Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy in CoSiB/Pd/CoSiB Trilayer Thin Films with Varying Pd-Layer Thicknesses
We investigate the magnetic properties of CoSiB (15-Å-thickness)/Pd (Pd thickness = 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 24, 27, 29 and 33 Å)/CoSiB (15-Å-thickness) trilayer thin films. The CoSiB-layer thickness was fixed to 15 Å, while the Pd-layer thickness was varied from 8–33
Å. In this paper, we present a new type of thin film containing amorphous Co75Si15B10 and Pd. We investigate the magnetic properties of a fabricated CoSiB/Pd/CoSiB trilayer thin film with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, and determine the correlation
between the magnetic properties and the nonmagnetic Pd-layer thickness. With increasing Pd-layer thickness, both the coercivity and the saturation magnetization decreased. Furthermore, the maximum values of the magnetic anisotropy were calculated as 0.3×106 erg/cc. In order
to examine the difference between the in-plane magnetic anisotropy and perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, magnetic force microscopy images of the CoSiB (15-Å-thickness)/Pd (Pd thickness = 8 and 14 Å)/CoSiB (15-Å-thickness) trilayer thin films were obtained.
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 November 2015
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