Magnetoresistance and magnetic properties of Co/Ir multilayers on MgO(110) substrates
- 15 April 1997
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 81 (8) , 5197-5199
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.364464
Abstract
A Co(12 Å)/Ir(16 Å) multilayer deposited on MgO(110) is found to have a strong uniaxial anisotropy, comparable to bulk hcp-Co. Experimental results suggests the crystallographic relation of (100)[001]Co/(110)[001]Ir/(110)[001]MgO. A remarkable difference is seen between easy and hard axis magnetization processes, due to competition between the in-plane anisotropy and the exchange coupling. Considering the characteristics of the MH loops and magnetoresistance curves, we simulate the magnetization and magnetoresistance processes numerically. The results of our simulation indicate the existence of biquadratic coupling in Co/Ir(110).This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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