Soft x-ray resonant magnetic scattering from an imprinted magnetic domain pattern

C. J. Kinane; A. K. Suszka; C. H. Marrows; B. J. Hickey; D. A. Arena; J. Dvorak; T. R. Charlton; Sean Langridge

doi:10.1063/1.2344935

Soft x-ray resonant magnetic scattering from an imprinted magnetic domain pattern

C. J. Kinane, A. K. Suszka, C. H. Marrows, B. J. Hickey, D. A. Arena, J. Dvorak, T. R. Charlton, Sean Langridge

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Abstract

The authors report on the use of a Co/Pt multilayer, which exhibits strong perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, to magnetostatically imprint a domain pattern onto a 50 Å thick Permalloy layer. Element specific soft x-ray magnetic scattering experiments were then performed so as to be sensitive to the magnetic structure of the Permalloy only. Off-specular magnetic satellite peaks, corresponding to a periodic domain stripe width of 270 nm, were observed, confirmed by magnetic force microscopy and micromagnetic modeling. Thus the authors have exploited the element specificity of soft x-ray scattering to discern the purely magnetic correlations in a structurally flat Permalloy film.

Original language	English
Article number	092507
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	89
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2344935
State	Published - 2006
Externally published	Yes

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The authors would like to thank the NSLS for provision of beam time, and the EPSRC, the EU (through the ULTRASMOOTH contract), and the Centre for Materials Physics and Chemistry at CCLRC for funding.

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