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Positive Exchange Bias in Thin Film Multilayers Produced with Nano-oxide Layer

  • 전병선;황찬용
    • 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국진공학회 2013년도 제44회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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    • pp.304-305
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    • 2013
  • We report a positive exchange bias (HE) in thinmultilayered filmscontaining nano-oxide layer. The positive HE, obtained for our system results from an antiferromagnetic coupling between the ferromagnetic (FM) CoFe and the antiferromagnetic (AFM) CoO layers, which spontaneously form on top of the nano-oxide layer (NOL). The shift in the hysteresis loop along the direction of thecooling field and the change in the sign of exchange bias are evidence of antiferromagnetic interfacial exchange coupling between the CoO and CoFe layers. Our calculation indicates that uncompensated oxygen moments in the NOL results in antiferromagnetic interfacial exchange coupling between the CoO and CoFe layers. One of the interesting features observed with our system is that it displays the positive HE even above the bulk Neel temperature (TN) of CoO. Although the positive HEsystem has a different AFM/FM interfacial spin structure compare to that of the negative HE one, the results of the angular dependence measurements show that the magnetization reversal mechanism can be considered within the framework of the coherent rotation model.

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High Exchange Coupling Field and Thermal Stability of Antiferromagnetic Alloy NiMn Spin Valve Films

  • Lee, N. I.;J. H. Yi;Lee, G. Y.;Kim, M. Y.;J. R. Rhee;Lee, S. S.;D. G. Hwang;Park, C. M.
    • Journal of Magnetics
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    • 제5권2호
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    • pp.50-54
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    • 2000
  • NiMn-pinned spin valve films consisting of a layered glass/NiFe/Co/Cu/Co/NiFe/NiMn/Ta stack were made by do magnetron sputtering. After deposition, the structure was annealed in a series of cycles each including three hours at $220^\circ C, 2\times10^{-6}$ Torr, in a field of 350 Oe, to create an ordered antiferromagnetic structure in the NiMn layer and produce a strong unidirectional pinning field in the pinned magnetic layer, Optimum spin valve properties were obtained after seven annealing cycles, or 21 hours at $220^\circ C$, and were : MR ratio 1%, exchange coupling field 620 Oe, and coercivity of pinned layer 250 Oe. The exchange coupling field remained constant up to an operating temperature of $175^\circ C$, and the blocking temperature was about $380^\circ C$.

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Pt Thickness Dependence of Oscillatory Interlayer Exchange Coupling in [CoFe/Pt/CoFe]/IrMn Multilayers with Perpendicular Anisotropy

  • Lee, Sang-Suk;Choi, Jong-Gu;Kim, Sun-Wook;Hwang, Do-Guwn;Rhee, Jang-Roh
    • Journal of Magnetics
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    • 제10권2호
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    • pp.44-47
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    • 2005
  • The oscillatory interlayer exchange coupling (IEC) has been shown in pinned $[CoFe/Pt(t_{pt})/CoFe]/IrMn$ multi-layers with perpendicular anisotropy. The period of oscillation corresponds to about 2 monolayers of Pt. The oscillatory behavior of IEC depending on the nonmagnetic metallic Pt thickness is thought to be related the antiferromagnetic ordering induced by IrMn layer. Oscillatory IEC as function of insulating NiO thickness has been observed in $[Pt/CoFe]_4/NiO(t_{NiO})/[CoFe/Pt]_4$ multilayers. The effect of N (number of bilayer repeats) upon the magnetic property of [Pt/CoFe]N/IrMn is also studied.

Exchange Bias Coupling Depending on Uniaxial Deposition Field of Antiferromagnetic FeMn Layer

  • Lee, Sang-Suk;Hwang, Do-Guwn
    • Journal of Magnetics
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    • 제15권1호
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    • pp.17-20
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    • 2010
  • The relationship between ferromagnet anisotropic magnetization and the antiferromagnet atomic spin configuration was investigated for various angles of the uniaxial deposition magnetic field of the FeMn layer in the Corning glass/Ta(5nm)/NiFe(7nm)/FeMn(25nm)/Ta(5nm) multilayer that was prepared by the ion beam sputter deposition. The exchange bias field ($H_{ex}$) obtained from the measurement of the easy-axis MR loop decreased to 40 Oe at the deposition field angle of $45^{\circ}$, and to 0 Oe at the angle of $90^{\circ}$. When the difference between the uniaxial axis between the ferromagnet NiFe and the antiferromagnet FeMn was $90^{\circ}$, the strong antiferromagnetic dipole moment of FeMn caused the weak ferromagnetic dipole moment of NiFe to rotate in the interface.

[(CoO/NiO)/NiFe/Cu/NiFe] spin-valve 박막에서의 자기저항효과와 자기적 특성에 대한 연구 (The study of magnetoresistance and magnetic properties in [(CoO/NiO)/NiFe/Cu/NiFe] spin-valve thin films)

  • 현준원
    • E2M - 전기 전자와 첨단 소재
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    • 제9권10호
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    • pp.1060-1065
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    • 1996
  • We have studied the magnetoresistance phenomena on spin valve thin films of antiferromagnetic NiO/CoO. Interlayer coupling oscillates between the antiferrocoupling and ferrocoupling with the variation of Cu thickness. The exchange coupling strength between NiO (antiferromagnetic) and NiFe(ferromagnetic) as a function of NiO texture and interface roughness is investigated by CoO insertion. CoO has significantly higher anisotropy in the (111) plane and interface roughness. It seems that the MR-ratio is increased by CoO inserted films. From the AFM and XRD data, the increase of MR-ratio and exchange field is influenced by the roughness of CoO.

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Fe/Cr/Fe 삼층구조에서의 진동하는 자기이방성 (OSCILLATORY MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY IN Fe/Cr/Fe TRILAYERS)

  • Kim, Ki-Yeon;Kim, Dong-Hyun;Shin, Sung-Chul;You, Chun-Yeol
    • 한국자기학회:학술대회 개요집
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    • 한국자기학회 2002년도 동계연구발표회 논문개요집
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    • pp.194-195
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    • 2002
  • Fe/Cr/Fe trilayers have attracted much interest from both theoretical and experimental aspects due to many novel magnetic properties such as antiferromagnetic coupling, giant magnetoresistance, oscillatory bilinear and biquadratic coupling [1]. In this work, we report that there is an oscillation of magnetic anisotropy with increasing intervening Cr layer thickness in Fe/Cr/Fe trilayers. (omitted)

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