Effects of surface oxidation on the exchange-bias properties of the single-crystal antiferromagnetic/ferromagnetic junction Mn/Co/Cu(001)

M. Caminale, R. Moroni*, P. Torelli, G. Panaccione, W. C. Lin, M. Canepa, L. Mattera, F. Bisio

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摘要

The effects of a chemical alteration of the antiferromagnet surface in the exchange-biased ultrathin epitaxial antiferromagnetic/ferromagnetic bilayer Mn/Co/Cu(001) have been investigated. The formation of a nanometer-thick paramagnetic oxide at the surface of the Mn layer was induced through the controlled exposure to oxygen. Although the buried Mn/Co interface was not affected by the oxidation, strong changes of the exchange-bias properties of the system, which cannot be accounted for by the mere reduction of the antiferromagnetic Mn thickness, were observed. We propose that the produced surface modification affects the magnetic configuration of the near-surface region and the domain structure in the whole antiferromagnet layer which, in turn, influences the pinned uncompensated spin density responsible for the exchange bias.

原文英語
文章編號094435
期刊Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
91
發行號9
DOIs
出版狀態已發佈 - 2015 3月 31

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 電子、光磁材料
  • 凝聚態物理學

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