Abstract
AbstractThe structural and magnetic properties of sputtered Ag/Co, Pd/Co, and AgPd/Co multilayered films were investigated. When substrate temperature during deposition (Ts) was set at room temperature, the easy magnetization axis of the Pd/Co films with Co thickness less than 7Å was normal to the film plane and that of the Ag/Co films was parallel. AgPd/Co multilayered films showed a transition of the preferred direction of magnetic moment from lying in the film plane towards lying along the film normal when increasing the Pd concentration above 81 at%. Moreover, an anomalous reduction of the saturation magnetization was found. The perpendicular magnetic anisotropy of Pd/Co films with low Ts increased with decreasing the thickness of Co layer. However, the Pd/Co films with high Ts showed opposite tendency.
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