Nanoscale magnetic hysteresis of Ni80Fe20/Au/Co trilayers using ballistic electron magnetic microscopy

E. Ul Haq, H. Gökcan, T. Banerjee, F.M. Postma, Martin Herman Siekman, R. Jansen, J.C. Lodder

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    Abstract

    Ballistic electron magnetic microscopy is used to study spin-dependent hot-electron transport and local magnetic switching of ferromagnetic thin films grown on a Au/Si~100! collector. For Ni80Fe20 films, the collector current is a factor of 2 larger than for Co, consistent with the shorter hot-electron attenuation length of Co. For Ni80Fe20 /Au/Co spin valves, the collector current is reduced by a factor of 5 when the relative magnetization of the ferromagnetic layers changes from parallel to antiparallel. By sweeping the applied magnetic field, we obtain nanoscale hysteresis loops, where the hot electrons are collected from an area of about 10 nm.
    Original languageUndefined
    Pages (from-to)6930-6932
    Number of pages3
    JournalJournal of Applied Physics
    Volume95
    Issue number11
    Publication statusPublished - 2004

    Keywords

    • EWI-5447
    • IR-62959
    • METIS-218545
    • SMI-NE: From 2006 in EWI-NE

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