Engineering large perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in amorphous ferrimagnetic gadolinium cobalt alloys
K.N. Srinivasan, Yulan Chen, Ludovico Cestarollo, Darrah K. Dare, John G. Wright, Amal El‐Ghazaly
Abstract
Varying strengths of perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, required for spintronics and high-frequency applications, are engineered in amorphous GdCo through stoichiometric changes, oxygenation and multi-repetition heterostructures.
Topics & Concepts
Materials scienceFerrimagnetismSpintronicsAmorphous solidGadoliniumCobaltPerpendicularMagnetic anisotropyCondensed matter physicsAnisotropyNuclear magnetic resonanceMagnetizationFerromagnetismMagnetic fieldMetallurgyCrystallographyOpticsGeometryQuantum mechanicsMathematicsPhysicsChemistryMagnetic properties of thin filmsMetallic Glasses and Amorphous AlloysMagnetic Properties of Alloys