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Kerr Imaging of a Co/Pt Bimodal Magneto-Optical Medium

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Author(s)

R A. Fry

Abstract

Spatially-resolved magneto-optical (MO) images of a (0.3 nm Co/1.2 nm Pt)15 multilayer film with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy have been obtained by Kerr microscopy. This material exhibits a major hysteresis loop with two-stepmagnetization reversal. The MO images display four possible stable magnetic states distinguished by four different intensities. This behavior is explained by the presence of two different magnetic phases each which has a stable magnetization state either parallel or antiparallel to the applied field, and which may reverse quasi-independently from one another.
Proceedings Title
Sigma Xi Post Doctoral Poster Presentations, 2000
Conference Dates
February 17-18, 2000
Conference Title
Sigma Xi Web Page
Pub Type
Conferences

Keywords

Kerr microscopy, magneto-optical imaging, perpendicular magnetic anisotropy

Citation

Fry, R. (2000), Kerr Imaging of a Co/Pt Bimodal Magneto-Optical Medium, Sigma Xi Post Doctoral Poster Presentations, 2000 (Accessed July 27, 2024)

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Created February 1, 2000, Updated February 17, 2017