(Pt/Co/Pt/Ni) Multilayers for Novel Magneto-Optical Recording Media

  • Published : 1996.12.01

Abstract

The dc magnetron sputter deposited (Pt/Co/Pt/Ni) multilayers which exhibited Curie temperatures in the range of 150-$300^{\circ}C$ were studied as possible alternative multilayers for magneto-optical recording to the widely studied Co/Pt, whose Curie temperatures are in the range of 200~$400^{\circ}C$. The Coercivities of these multilayers were between 450 Oe and 800 Oe. These multilayers exhibited comparable magnetic and magneto-optical properties to Co/Pt multilayers with enhancement of the Kerr rotation at lower wavelengths and negligible Kerr ellipticity over a wide range of the spectrum (4000~7000$\AA$ ).

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