Single-crystal films of permalloy ( Ni 80 Fe 20) were grown on Cu (001) seed layers oriented epitaxially with Si (001). The microstructural properties were measured using in-situ reflection high-energy electron diffraction, and ex-situ transmission electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, and atomic force microscopy, whereas the magnetic properties were probed using in-situ magneto-optic Kerr effect and ex-situ vibrating sample magnetometry. Anisotropic magnetoresistance and resistivity for some of the samples were also measured. The coercivity for thinner (≤5 nm) Ni 80 Fe 20 was significantly higher (10–20 Oersteds) than polycrystalline films deposited on SiO 2/ Si , and was also higher than films deposited on lattice-matched Cu x Ni 1–x alloys. These magnetic properties were explained using a theoretical model involving interaction of domain walls with defects such as misfit dislocations and coherent islands, due to the mismatch between Ni 80 Fe 20 and Cu .
We have investigated magnetoresistance properties of (100) epitaxial, (11) textured and polycrystalline spin valve heterostructures of the form Ni80Fe20/Cu/NiNi80Fe20/Fe50Mn50 on (100) Si substrates by ultra high vacuum (UHV) ion beam sputtering at room temperature. Magnetoresistance was measured as a function of Cu interlayer thickness (ti) with 10 Å ≤ti ≤ 100 Å and the maximum was found at 20 Å in the case of (100) epitaxial spin valves. Highly (11) textured spin valves with heterostructure configurations similar to the (100) spin valves were found to have a slightly lower magnetoresistance than the (100) heterostructures, but the functional dependence of the magnetoresistance on ti was very similar.Interface mixing during the sputtering process by energetic neutral bombardment was found to significantly affect the magnetoresistance. Samples were made under various sputtering conditions (gas pressure, ion beam energy, target and substrate configuration) that could enhance or suppress high energy neutral bombardment of the growing film surface. Samples made under the conditions that suppressed neutral bombardment showed higher magnetoresistance and more abrupt interfaces as confirmed by small angle X-ray diffraction analysis of interface mixing by energetic neutral bombardment during sputter deposition.
We have investigated magnetoresistance properties of (100) epitaxial, (111) textured and polycrystalline spin valve heterostructures on (100) Si substrates by UHV ion beam sputtering at room temperature. Magnetoresistance was measured as a function of Cu interlayer thickness (tl) with 10 A 5 tl 5; 100 A and the maximum was found at 20 A in the case of (100) epitaxial spin valves. Highly (1 11) textured spin valves with heterostructure configurations similar to (100) spin valves were found to have a slightly lower magnetoresistance than (100) heterostructures, but a very similar functional dependence of magnetoresistance on t,. Interface mixing during the sputtering process by energetic neutral bombardment was found to significantly affect the magnetoresistance. Samples were made under various sputtering conditions (gas pressure, ion beam energy, target and substrate configuration) that could enhance or suppress high energy neutral bombardment of the growing film surface. Samples made under the conditions that suppressed neutral bombardment showed higher magnetoresistance and more abrupt interfaces as confirmed by small angle X-ray diffraction (SAXD) analysis of interface mixing by energetic neutral bombardment during sputter deposition.
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