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Behavior of magnetocrystalline anisotropy constants of [Co3,2nmPt1,5nm]6 multilayer observed by torque magnetometer

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The presence of the magnetic anisotropy is clearly intimately related to the anisotropy nature of the artificial multilayer structure itself. We present here the behavior of magnetocrystalline anisotropy constants of the [Co3,2nmPt1,5nm]6 multilayer, as a function of the temperature and the external magnetic field observed by means of a torque magnetometer in an in-plane configuration. We have determined the magnetocrystalline anisotropy constants from the magnetic torque curves for different temperatures and in different magnetic fields, taking into account the angle difference between the directions of the external field and the magnetization. The most prominent result in this work consists in the need to introduce the anisotropy constant of third order in the analysis.

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Louail, L., Azizi, A. & Moula, B. Behavior of magnetocrystalline anisotropy constants of [Co3,2nmPt1,5nm]6 multilayer observed by torque magnetometer. Czechoslovak Journal of Physics 50, 1169–1178 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022860802788

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