Unconventional current-driven magnetization reversal detected by resonant x-ray magnetic scattering

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This experiment will continue our recent successful experiments on XMaS, aiming to clarify the novel current-driven magnetization switching which we have recently observed in CoFeTaB/Pt ultra-thin film bilayers, where the magnetization in CoFeTaB appears to twist into a stable nanometer-scale 'exchange-spring' configuration close to the interface. We will detect the proximity induced magnetization in Pt, which arises close to the interface with ferromagnetic CoFeTaB, using the element-specificity of resonant x-ray magnetic scattering, and use this to track the interface magnetization in CoFeTaB during field- and current-driven magnetization reversal. This will enable us to unambiguously determine how the current drives energy-efficient interfacial magnetization reversal in this system. We will also begin to look at Ta within the CoFeTaB layer; the distribution of Ta modifies local exchange interaction, and may explain how the exchange-spring state is able to form in such a thin film.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.15151/ESRF-ES-2011133000
Metadata Access https://icatplus.esrf.fr/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatplus.esrf.fr:inv/2011133000
Provenance
Creator Aidan HINDMARCH; Kiranjot KIRANJOT ORCID logo; Laurence BOUCHENOIRE ORCID logo; Paul STEADMAN ORCID logo
Publisher ESRF (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility)
Publication Year 2028
Rights CC-BY-4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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Resource Type Data from large facility measurement; Collection
Discipline Particles, Nuclei and Fields