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Journal
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In fabrication of magnetic spin valves and magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJ), ruthenium is extensively used as a means of coupling antiferromagnetically the magnetization in two ferromagnetic layers. Elemental cobalt has a high magnetostriction, which makes its use as an electrode in spintronic devices unsatisfactory. However, by alloying it with iron this is dramatically reduced and an 80% Co20% Fe composition is very commonly used. Further, although Co and Ru are miscible, when cobalt is alloyed with iron the chemical affinity between the two reduces the miscibility with ruthenium [1] and the interfaces are expected to be relatively sharp.The stability of the interface structure of sputtered Ru/Co80Fe20 layers during high temperature annealing has been studied recently [2] using grazing incidence X-ray scattering and interfaces have been shown to be stable up to at least 400◦ C. In this paper, we examine the interface structure of Ru/Co80Fe20 multilayers in more detail.
Publisher: 
POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES WARSAW
Publication date: 
1 Dec 2007
Authors: 

ATG Pym, A Lamperti, S Cardoso, PP Freitas, BK Tanner

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Volume: 112 Issue: 6 Pages: 1243
Origin: 
ACTA PHYSICA POLONICA SERIES A