Abnormal Temperature Dependence of the Coercive Feld in FePt thin films

We have observed notable changes in the magnetic response of FePt thin films that we have attributed to a transition in the magnetic domain structure when the film thickness or the temperature is varied. The critical thickness for this transition depends on the Q-factor, Q=Kperp/2PiMs^2, so that a c...

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Autores: Guzmán, Jonás Manuel, Alvarez, Nadia Roxana, Salva, Horacio Ramon, Vasquez Mansilla, Marcelo, Gomez, Javier Enrique, Butera, Alejandro Ricardo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/11059
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/11059
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Fept
Thin Films
Magnetic Anisotropy
Critical Thickness
Strain Induced Anisotropy
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
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Sumario:We have observed notable changes in the magnetic response of FePt thin films that we have attributed to a transition in the magnetic domain structure when the film thickness or the temperature is varied. The critical thickness for this transition depends on the Q-factor, Q=Kperp/2PiMs^2, so that a change in thedomain structure is expected when changes in the perpendicular anisotropy, Kperp , or the saturation magnetization, Ms, occur. At room temperature these samples have Q ~ 0:3, and a transition between planar to stripe-like domains occurs for a film thickness d ~ 30 nm. Due to the different thermal expansion of the FePt alloy and the Si substrate a reduction in Q is predicted when the temperature is lowered. From magnetization vs. field loops measured at different temperatures below T=300 K, we have effectively observed a change in the coercive field which can be associated to a transition from stripe-like to in-plane domains. The transition temperature range is broad, indicating a gradual variation between the two magnetic configurations, but changes systematically with film thickness, consistent with an interfacial induced stress. A model that includes the temperature dependence of the strain and the magnetization, predicts correctly the observation of a larger critical thickness at lower temperatures.