Tracing magnetic atom diffusion with annealing at the interface between CoMn alloy and MnGa layer by X-ray magnetic circular dichroism

Okabayashi, Jun*; Suzuki, Kazuya; Mizukami, Shigemi*

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 564, Part2, p.170163_1 - 170163_5, 2022/12

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2022.170163

The magnetic atom diffusion at the interface between CoMn alloy and MnGa layer with annealing is studied using X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) analysis. We found that the spins in bcc CoMn are coupled parallel to those in perpendicularly magnetized MnGa layer under the as-grown conditions, while the post annealing modulates the interfacial magnetic coupling to antiferromagnetic in Co. The elementspecific hysteresis curves at each absorption edge revealed the large coercive fields in Mn and Co through the exchange coupling with MnGa. After the annealing process, the changes of XMCD spectral line shapes are related to the interfacial reactions promoting the formation of Mn and CoMnGa layers, which is deduced from the analysis oftransmission electron microscopy. The interfacial diffusion of Mn atoms modulates the magnetic exchange coupling between Mn and Co sites and reverses the direction of perpendicular magnetization.

Detection of induced paramagnetic moments in Pt on YFeO via X-ray magnetic circular dichroism

Kikkawa, Takashi*; Suzuki, Motohiro*; Okabayashi, Jun*; Uchida, Kenichi*; Kikuchi, Daisuke*; Qiu, Z.*; Saito, Eiji

Physical Review B, 95(21), p.214416_1 - 214416_7, 2017/06

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.95.214416

Nature of magnetic coupling between Mn ions in as-grown GaMnAs studied by X-ray magnetic circular dichroism

Takeda, Yukiharu; Kobayashi, Masaki*; Okane, Tetsuo; Okochi, Takuo; Okamoto, Jun*; Saito, Yuji; Kobayashi, Keisuke*; Yamagami, Hiroshi; Fujimori, Atsushi; Tanaka, Arata*; et al.

Physical Review Letters, 100(24), p.247202_1 - 247202_4, 2008/06

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.247202

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