Strong changes in the magnetic properties of ultrathin Co/Cu(001) films due to submonolayer quantities of a nonmagnetic overlayer

Spin-pumping-enhanced magnetic damping in ultrathin Cu(001)/Co/Cu and Cu(001)/Ni/Cu films

“…in Refs. [1,5,35,36]) and will therefore not be further examined here. For the study of the Cu thickness dependence on the resonance field and the linewidth of these films, FMR was measured at y B ¼ 90 3 along the [1 0 0] easy axis direction before and after step-by-step capping with 5 ML Cu each time at first and then with 10 ML.…”

“…Adding the right hand side to the general LLG equation (1) rewritten in terms of the unit vector of magnetization yields…”

“…The structure and magnetic properties of ultrathin Cu(0 0 1)/ Co/Cu and Cu(0 0 1)/Ni/Cu films have been studied extensively in past years [1][2][3][4][5]. Their tailorable magnetic performance makes such systems excellent candidates for fundamental investigations of magnetization dynamics.…”

Domain configurations and hysteresis behaviors of ultrathin cobalt film deposited on copper surface

“…Capping non-magnetic Cu on top of the Co layer could change the Curie temperature [2,3] and the anisotropy [4] within the magnetic layer. The coercivity of Co is also sensitivity to the thickness of Cu overlayer [5,6]. Because the magnetoelastic anisotropy (MEA) was found to be sensitive upon overlayer deposition, it was suggested that the change of MEA could be responsible for the property variations described above.…”

Magnetic shape anisotropy calculations of Fe nanostructures at the Si/Fe(111) interface

“…It appears then essential to understand the exact influence of both interfaces. As the one related to the template layer has been widely studied, very few studies have been performed in order to investigate how capping layers will affect the magnetic anisotropy of thin magnetic films [9,[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23].…”