Ion irradiation effects on the exchange bias in IrMn/Co films

The present work reports on the influence of ion irradiation in exchange-coupled bilayers. Magnetron-sputtered IrMn4 /Co films were irradiated with 40 keV He+ ions and the dependence of their magnetic properties was studied as function of ion fluence and current used during the irradiations. The eff...

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Autores: Schäfer, Deise, Grande, Pedro Luis, Pereira, Luis Gustavo, Geshev, Julian Penkov
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UFRGS
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:www.lume.ufrgs.br:10183/96289
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10183/96289
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Física da matéria condensada
Multicamadas magnéticas
Efeitos de feixe iônico
Cobalto
Ligas de manganês
Polarização por intercâmbio
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Sumario:The present work reports on the influence of ion irradiation in exchange-coupled bilayers. Magnetron-sputtered IrMn4 /Co films were irradiated with 40 keV He+ ions and the dependence of their magnetic properties was studied as function of ion fluence and current used during the irradiations. The effects of ion damage and electronic excitation were also studied through additional irradiations with H+ and Ne+ ions. The results show a clear dependence of the exchange-bias field on the defects caused by the ion bombardment. No correlations with other irradiation effects were observed.