Document Type
Article
Version
Publisher's PDF
Publication Title
Journal of Applied Physics
Volume
99
Publication Date
2006
Abstract
Unusual magnetization reversal of [Co(4 Å)/Pt(10 Å)]4 multilayers with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy has been revealed macroscopically by magnetometry measurements and microscopically by magneto-optical Kerr effect microscopy and magnetic force microscopy (MFM) imaging. During the first-order reversal process, the magnetization first decreases, then reaches a plateau, and finally rises back to saturation, corresponding to expanding bubble domains, stationary domains, and fading contrast but unchanged boundary domains, respectively. MFM imaging reveals the existence of many submicron-scaled unreversed channels within the boundary of the “bubble” domains. The magnetization reversal behavior can be accounted for by the evolution of the unusual domain structures in different field regimes.
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, 8C905 (2006), and may be found at http://jap.aip.org/resource/1/japiau/v99/i8/p08C905_s1.
Citation
X. M. Cheng et al., J. Appl. Phys. 99, 8C905 (2006).
DOI
10.1063/1.2166608