Magnetization reversal behavior of nanogranular CoCrPt alloy thin films studied with magnetic transmission X-ray microscopy

P. Fischer; M. Y. Im; T. Eimüller; G. Schütz; S. C. Shin

doi:10.1016/j.jmmm.2004.09.085

Magnetization reversal behavior of nanogranular CoCrPt alloy thin films studied with magnetic transmission X-ray microscopy

P. Fischer, M. Y. Im, T. Eimüller, G. Schütz, S. C. Shin

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

8 Scopus citations

Abstract

Magnetic transmission soft X-ray microscopy has been used to study element - specifically the magnetization reversal behavior of (Co ₈₄Cr ₁₆) ₈₇Pt ₁₃ alloy thin films with a lateral resolution of 35 nm. Our results indicate that the magnetization switching is carried out by a random nucleation process that can be attributed to the reversal of individual grains. We found evidence of a large distribution of the switching fields at the nanogranular length scale, which has to be considered seriously for applications of CoCrPt systems as magnetic high-density storage materials.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	311-314
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Volume	286
Issue number	SPEC. ISS.
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2004.09.085
State	Published - Feb 2005
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Magnetic X-ray microscopy
Magnetization reversal
Nanogranular CoCrPt films
Perpendicular magnetic recording

Access to Document

10.1016/j.jmmm.2004.09.085

Cite this

@article{a0b92dc2c49044e8be8537323807bbab,

title = "Magnetization reversal behavior of nanogranular CoCrPt alloy thin films studied with magnetic transmission X-ray microscopy",

abstract = "Magnetic transmission soft X-ray microscopy has been used to study element - specifically the magnetization reversal behavior of (Co 84Cr 16) 87Pt 13 alloy thin films with a lateral resolution of 35 nm. Our results indicate that the magnetization switching is carried out by a random nucleation process that can be attributed to the reversal of individual grains. We found evidence of a large distribution of the switching fields at the nanogranular length scale, which has to be considered seriously for applications of CoCrPt systems as magnetic high-density storage materials.",

keywords = "Magnetic X-ray microscopy, Magnetization reversal, Nanogranular CoCrPt films, Perpendicular magnetic recording",

author = "P. Fischer and Im, {M. Y.} and T. Eim{\"u}ller and G. Sch{\"u}tz and Shin, {S. C.}",

year = "2005",

month = feb,

doi = "10.1016/j.jmmm.2004.09.085",

language = "English",

volume = "286",

pages = "311--314",

journal = "Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials",

issn = "0304-8853",

publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",

number = "SPEC. ISS.",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Magnetization reversal behavior of nanogranular CoCrPt alloy thin films studied with magnetic transmission X-ray microscopy

AU - Fischer, P.

AU - Im, M. Y.

AU - Eimüller, T.

AU - Schütz, G.

AU - Shin, S. C.

PY - 2005/2

Y1 - 2005/2

N2 - Magnetic transmission soft X-ray microscopy has been used to study element - specifically the magnetization reversal behavior of (Co 84Cr 16) 87Pt 13 alloy thin films with a lateral resolution of 35 nm. Our results indicate that the magnetization switching is carried out by a random nucleation process that can be attributed to the reversal of individual grains. We found evidence of a large distribution of the switching fields at the nanogranular length scale, which has to be considered seriously for applications of CoCrPt systems as magnetic high-density storage materials.

AB - Magnetic transmission soft X-ray microscopy has been used to study element - specifically the magnetization reversal behavior of (Co 84Cr 16) 87Pt 13 alloy thin films with a lateral resolution of 35 nm. Our results indicate that the magnetization switching is carried out by a random nucleation process that can be attributed to the reversal of individual grains. We found evidence of a large distribution of the switching fields at the nanogranular length scale, which has to be considered seriously for applications of CoCrPt systems as magnetic high-density storage materials.

KW - Magnetic X-ray microscopy

KW - Magnetization reversal

KW - Nanogranular CoCrPt films

KW - Perpendicular magnetic recording

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=11444264320&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.jmmm.2004.09.085

DO - 10.1016/j.jmmm.2004.09.085

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:11444264320

SN - 0304-8853

VL - 286

SP - 311

EP - 314

JO - Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

JF - Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

IS - SPEC. ISS.

ER -

Magnetization reversal behavior of nanogranular CoCrPt alloy thin films studied with magnetic transmission X-ray microscopy

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this