Title :
Antiferromagnetically coupled spin valves with spacer layer thickness down to 1 nm
Author :
Hempel, T. ; Rohde, I. ; Enne, I. ; Hutten, A. ; Reiss, G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Bielefeld Univ., Germany
fDate :
March 30 2003-April 3 2003
Abstract :
In this paper, we demonstrate that in well grown trilayers of the type NiFe-Co/Cu/Co/IrMn the RKKY-like antiferromagnetic coupling is dominating the ferromagnetic coupling down to a spacer layer thickness of about 1nm.
Keywords :
RKKY interaction; antiferromagnetic materials; cobalt; copper; ferromagnetic materials; iridium alloys; iron alloys; magnetic multilayers; manganese alloys; nickel alloys; spin valves; 1 nm; NiFe-Co-Cu-Co-IrMn; NiFe-Co/Cu/Co/IrMn; RKKY interactions; Rudermann-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida interactions; antiferromagnetic coupling; antiferromagnetically coupled spin valves; ferromagnetic coupling; spacer layer thickness; Annealing; Antiferromagnetic materials; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic switching; Saturation magnetization; Spin valves; Sputtering;
Conference_Titel :
Magnetics Conference, 2003. INTERMAG 2003. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7647-1
DOI :
10.1109/INTMAG.2003.1230766
