Enhanced exchange anisotropy in IrMn/CoFeB systems and its correlation with uncompensated interfacial spins

Yuqing Du; Genhua Pan; Roy Moate; Hendrik Ohldag; Andras Kovacs; Amit Kohn

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Enhanced exchange anisotropy in IrMn/CoFeB systems and its correlation with uncompensated interfacial spins

Yuqing Du, Genhua Pan, Roy Moate, Hendrik Ohldag, Andras Kovacs, Amit Kohn

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Bottom pinned exchange bias systems of IrMn/CoFe and IrMn/CoFeB on CoFe seed layers were studied. Enhanced exchange anisotropy has been observed for IrMn/CoFeB samples annealed at 350 °C. The ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic layers of both samples are polycrystalline and textured {110} for the CoFe and CoFeB, and {111} for IrMn. Results demonstrated that the enhanced exchange anisotropy in the IrMn/CoFeB system is closely associated with the increased uncompensated interfacial spins as evidenced by the enhanced Mn x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) signal strength. A quantitative correlation between the Mn XMCD signal and the exchange anisotropy constant J_k was observed.

Original language	English
Article number	222503
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	96
Issue number	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3442480
State	Published - 31 May 2010
Externally published	Yes

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