Observation of an atomic exchange bias effect in DyCo4 film

Author

Chen, K. ; Dieter, L. ; Radu, F.

Author_Institution

Synchrotron Soleil, L´Orme des Merisiers, St. Aubin, France

fYear

2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

This study investigates the temperature-dependent magnetic properties of rare earth-transition metal DyCo₄ alloy film using synchrotron soft X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) spectroscopy. The ferrimagnetic alloy thin film is prepared by magnetron sputtering in an ultra-clean argon atmosphere at 1.5×10^-3 mbar pressure and 300 K temperature. By applying the sum rules, the magnetic moment is determined from the transmission XMCD.

Keywords

X-ray absorption spectra; cobalt alloys; dysprosium alloys; exchange interactions (electron); ferrimagnetic materials; magnetic circular dichroism; magnetic moments; magnetic thin films; metallic thin films; sputter deposition; DyCo₄; argon atmosphere; atomic exchange bias effect; ferrimagnetic alloy thin film; magnetic moment; magnetron sputtering; pressure 0.0015 mbar; rare earth-transition metal alloy film; sum rules; synchrotron soft X-ray magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy; temperature 300 K; temperature-dependent magnetic properties; transmission XMCD; Couplings; Magnetic domains; Magnetic hysteresis; Magnetic separation; Metals; Soft magnetic materials; Temperature measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Magnetics Conference (INTERMAG), 2015 IEEE

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-7321-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INTMAG.2015.7156542

Filename

7156542