Magnetic and Magnetoresistive Properties of Thin Film Alloys Based on Cobalt and Copper
| Authors | I.O. Shpetnyi |
| Affiliations |
Sumy State University, 2, Rymsky-Korsakov St, 40007 Sumy, Ukraine |
| Е-mail | |
| Issue | Volume 12, Year 2020, Number 5 |
| Dates | Received 01 June 2020; revised manuscript received 15 October 2020; published online 25 October 2020 |
| Citation | I.O. Shpetnyi, J. Nano- Electron. Phys. 12 No 5, 05030 (2020) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.21272/jnep.12(5).05030 |
| PACS Number(s) | 75.30.Gw, 75,47.De, 75.50.Lk |
| Keywords | Giant magnetoresistance, Solid solution (6) , Spin-dependent scattering, Anisotropy (3) , Coercivity, Superparamagnetism, Granular state. |
| Annotation |
This work presents the results of a study of the influence of dimensional and concentration effects on magnetoresistive and magnetic properties and structural-phase state of annealed at Ta 700 K samples of thin film alloys based on Co and Cu with thickness d 40 nm in a wide range of total concentrations of Co (18 ≤ cCo ≤ 69 at. %). The samples were obtained by the method of co-evaporation in vacuum using two independent electron guns. It was found that samples of thin film alloys with a total concentration of cobalt cCo ≤ 22 at. % are characterized mainly by a superparamagnetic state in which hcp-Co granules with size L 5÷12 nm were placed in a matrix of Cu(Co) solid solution (s.s.) based on fcc-Cu. The increase in the total concentration of Co in thin film alloys to cCo 37 at. % led to an increase in the size of the magnetic granules to L 7÷20 nm and a decrease in the distance between them. In samples of thin film alloys with a cobalt concentration of 56 ≤ cCo ≤ 69 at. %, hcp-Co granules with size L 8÷25 nm were combined into ferromagnetic clusters, and the volume between the clusters was filled with fcc-Cu(Co) s.s.. The maximum giant magnetoresistance (GMR) values, measured in an external magnetic field Hmax 15 kOe at room temperature, were obtained for a sample with a total concentration of cobalt cCo 22 at. %. The amplitude of GMR values was 3.8 % and 4.1 % in the perpendicular and longitudinal measurement geometries, respectively. Thin film alloys with a total cobalt concentration of 18 ≤ cCo ≤ 22 at. % were characterized by isotropic magnetoresistance. The increase in the total concentration of cobalt in thin film alloys to cCo ≥ 28 at. % led to the emergence of magnetic anisotropy and anisotropic magnetoresistance. This may be due to the appearance of ferromagnetic interactions between cobalt granules. Low-temperature measurements of magnetoresistance at Тmeas 5 K of the sample with a total cobalt concentration cCo 18 at. % showed an increase in the amplitude of GMR by 2.1 times (GMR 11.1 %) compared with the amplitude of GMR 5.18 % measured at room temperature in an external magnetic field Hmax 90 kOe. With increasing measurement temperature to T 350 K the amplitude of GMR decreased and amounted to 4.5 %. This is due to the increase in electron scattering by phonons with increasing temperature. |
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