A study of interlayer coupling in Co/Cu multilayers

Q. Y. Jin; H. R. Zhai; Y. B. Xu; Y. Zhai; M. Lu; S. M. Zhou; J. S. Payson; G. L. Dunifer; R. Naik; G. W. Auner

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A study of interlayer coupling in Co/Cu multilayers

Q. Y. Jin, H. R. Zhai, Y. B. Xu, Y. Zhai, M. Lu, S. M. Zhou, J. S. Payson, G. L. Dunifer, R. Naik, G. W. Auner

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Co(22 Å)/Cu multilayers with Cu thicknesses varying from 6 to 40 Å are studied by vibrating-sample magnetometry and ferromagnetic-resonance spectroscopy (FMR). The magnetization was found to increase with decreasing Cu thickness, whereas the linewidth of the uniform mode of the FMR was found to decrease. This is attributed to the spin polarization of the Cu layers due to interlayer coupling and its effect on the lowered dimensionality of the Co layers. We also observed a peak on the high-field side of the uniform FMR mode, which we attribute to antiparallel coupling of adjacent ferromagnetic layers producing an "optical" mode.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3971-3974
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Applied Physics
Volume	77
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.359561
State	Published - 1995
Externally published	Yes

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