Document Type
Article
Version
Publisher's PDF
Publication Title
Journal of Applied Physics
Volume
99
Publication Date
2006
Abstract
We have fabricated Fibonacci [Co/Pt] multilayers with two constituent Co/Pt bilayers, as well as periodic multilayers of the same Co/Pt bilayers, all of which exhibit perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. Magnetic properties of the quasiperiodic and periodic [Co/Pt] multilayers have been studied macroscopically by vibrating sample magnetometry and microscopically by magnetic force microscopy. The Fibonacci [CoPt] multilayers show enhanced squareness in magnetic hysteresis loops compared to the corresponding periodic [Co/Pt]n multilayers, due to a smaller density of isolated nucleation sites in the saturation state.
Publisher's Statement
Copyright (2006) American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in J. Appl. Phys. 99, 8C902 (2006), and may be found at http://jap.aip.org/resource/1/japiau/v99/i8/p08C902_s1.
Citation
L. Y. Zhu, X. M. Cheng and C. L. Chien, J. Appl. Phys. 99, 8C902 (2006).
DOI
10.1063/1.2166603
