Reduced domain wall pinning in ultrathin Pt/ Co100-x B x /Pt with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy

R. Lavrijsen; G. Malinowski; J.H. Franken; J.T. Kohlhepp; H.J.M. Swagten; B. Koopmans; M. Czapkiewicz; T. Stobiecki

doi:10.1063/1.3280373

Reduced domain wall pinning in ultrathin Pt/ Co_100-x B _x /Pt with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy

R. Lavrijsen
, G. Malinowski
, J.H. Franken
, J.T. Kohlhepp
, H.J.M. Swagten
, B. Koopmans
, M. Czapkiewicz
, T. Stobiecki

Physics of Nanostructures

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Abstract

We have studied the magnetization reversal process in perpendicularly magnetized ultrathin Pt/ Co_100-x B_x /Pt films by means of magneto-optical magnetometry and microscopy. The addition of boron enhances the effective Barkhausen volume indicating a decrease in domain-wall pinning site density and/or strength. This potentially reduces the field and critical current-density for domain-wall depinning/motion, indicating that perpendicularly magnetized Pt/ Co_100-x B_x /Pt could be an interesting candidate for domain-wall motion studies and applications.

Original language	English
Article number	022501
Pages (from-to)	022501-1/3
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	96
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3280373
Publication status	Published - 2010

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Reduced domain wall pinning in ultrathin Pt/ Co100-x B x /Pt with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy

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