Papers by S.N. Piramanayagam
Antiferromagnetically coupled (AFC) patterned media technology is one approach to reduce dipolar ... more Antiferromagnetically coupled (AFC) patterned media technology is one approach to reduce dipolar interactions and thus minimize the switching field distribution (SFD) in bit-patterned media. Achieving anti-parallel alignment of magnetic moments at remanence requires a large exchange coupling field (Hex), especially in patterned nanostructures, which exhibit a large enhancement in coercivity after patterning. In our work, we observed a very high Hex of more than 15 kOe in Co thin film antiferromagnetically coupled to (Co/Pd) multilayers ...
Journal of Applied Physics, 2015
Effect of magnetostatic energy on domain structure and magnetization reversal in (Co/Pd) multilay... more Effect of magnetostatic energy on domain structure and magnetization reversal in (Co/Pd) multilayers Magnetization reversal of antiferromagnetically coupled (AFC) soft and hard (Co/Pd) multilayers was studied as a function of temperature. While the hard [Co(0.3 nm)/Pd(0.8 nm)] Â10 was kept unchanged, the softness of the [Co(t)/Pd(0.8 nm)] Â3 was controlled by varying the thickness t of the Co sublayer. Clear two-step hysteresis loops were observed for all the investigated multilayers with t ranging between 0.4 and 1 nm. The spin reorientation of the soft layer magnetization from in-plane direction to out-of-plane direction was investigated from 50 to 300 K. The antiferromagnetic field H AFC measured from the shift of the minor hysteresis loop reveals a good agreement to the quantum-well model. From the out-of-plane hysteresis loop of the uncoupled soft layer, its magnetization shows an in-plane orientation for t ! 0.6 nm. The strong H AFC helps to induce an out-of plane orientation of the soft layer with a linear decrease of its coercivity with temperature. These investigated structures show the possibility to reduce the unwanted stray field and improving the out-of-plane anisotropy even for relatively thicker soft layer. V C 2015 AIP Publishing LLC.
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters, 2012
We investigate the applicability of reverse nanoimprint lithography (RNIL) to fabricate nanostruc... more We investigate the applicability of reverse nanoimprint lithography (RNIL) to fabricate nanostructures. In this method, a thermal ultra-violet (UV) resist is first spin-coated onto a daughter mold directly and then the UV resist is transferred onto the desired surface by a UV-imprinting process at a very low temperature and low pressure. Discrete-track recording media at 50-nm track pitch were fabricated. The images from the scanning electron microscope showed that RNIL is capable of fabricating uniform patterns of nano-scale structures. Several advantages of RNIL over the existing methods are described, including the ease of using low molding pressure and temperature, the speed of imprinting, and the thinner residual layer.
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters, 2012
We present the results of micromagnetic study of magnonic band structures for exchange spin waves... more We present the results of micromagnetic study of magnonic band structures for exchange spin waves propagating in two-dimensional magnonic crystal waveguides. The studied waveguides are in the form of a regular square lattice array of square dots of a ferromagnetic material embedded in a matrix of another ferromagnetic material. Large magnonic bandgaps with widths of tens of GHz are observed. The bandgaps are also studied as a function of in-plane applied magnetic field, and the width of the square dots. The widths of the first three bandgaps are dependent on the material configurations of the waveguides, but are independent of applied field strength.
physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters, 2012
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Journal of Applied Physics, 2008
The crystallographic growth, interfacial roughness, and magnetic properties of CoCrPt-SiO 2 perpe... more The crystallographic growth, interfacial roughness, and magnetic properties of CoCrPt-SiO 2 perpendicular magnetic recording media prepared on various types of Ru intermediate growth layers were systematically investigated based on high angle and omega offset x-ray diffraction scans, rocking curve scans, synchrotron radiation based grazing incidence reflectivity scans, and magneto-optical Kerr hysteresis loops. For samples that make use of one Ru growth layer, voltage bias applied on the Ru layer was seen to have two observable effects: ͑1͒ the dispersion in the Ru͑00·2͒ perpendicular texture increased, but that of the Co͑00·2͒ remained unchanged, leading to identical layered growth and ͑2͒ the in-plane a-lattice parameter of the Ru decreased leading to enhanced heteroepitaxy with the Co. There was no significant change in the Ru-Co interfacial roughness with changing the bias on the Ru layer. The bias effect can be used to optimize the design of the Ru intermediate layers. A scheme that makes use of two Ru growth layers consisting of a bottom Ru layer prepared under zero bias, which is inserted below a second Ru layer prepared under biased conditions, is shown to lead to significant benefits such as improved texture without affecting the magnetic properties. This is due to the different functional roles ascribed to each of the Ru growth layers.
Journal of Applied Physics, 2013
Abstract In this work, we used Co x Fe 80-x B 20 (x= 60, 40, 20) as spin-polarizing layers (SPLs)... more Abstract In this work, we used Co x Fe 80-x B 20 (x= 60, 40, 20) as spin-polarizing layers (SPLs) in order to investigate the composition of the CoFeB-SPL on the magnetoresistance in Co/Pd multilayers-based pseudo-spin-valves (PSVs) with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA). In both soft layer and hard layer, the PMA was achieved by tuning the interface anisotropy and bulk anisotropy between SPL and Co/Pd multilayers. For all the films, giant magnetoresistance (GMR) was found to decrease with increasing SPL ...
Journal of Applied Physics, 2012
Wide-range control of ferromagnetic resonance by spin Hall effect Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 172501 (2... more Wide-range control of ferromagnetic resonance by spin Hall effect Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 172501 (2011) Optimization of out-of-plane magnetized Co/Pt multilayers with resistive buffer layers J. Appl. Phys. 110, 033919 Enhanced spin Hall accumulation with two charge current vortices in the Landauer setup with four terminals J. Appl. Phys. 109, 07C715 (2011) Efficient spin injection into nonmagnetic metals through low-resistance MgO J. Appl. Phys. 109, 07C506 Fermi level spin polarization of polycrystalline thulium by point contact Andreev reflection spectroscopy
Journal of Applied Physics, 2012
Abstract In magnetic force microscopy (MFM), it is effective to control the magnetic properties o... more Abstract In magnetic force microscopy (MFM), it is effective to control the magnetic properties of the coating materials on the MFM tip to achieve higher resolution. In this work, the effect of the magnetic anisotropy of the tip-coating, such as perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA), in-plane magnetic anisotropy (IMA), and random magnetic anisotropy (RMA), on the MFM image resolution are studied by micromagnetics. An accurate 3 D micromagnetic model of the CoPt pyramid MFM tip, with a cone angle of 37, tip height of 120 nm, coating ...
Journal of Applied Physics, 2011
Abstract Co/Pd multilayers, including exchange coupled structures with thin layers of Co with dif... more Abstract Co/Pd multilayers, including exchange coupled structures with thin layers of Co with different exchange coupling strengths, were investigated using variable angle magnetometry. Hysteresis loops of perpendicular and in-plane components of magnetization were measured using two-axis vibrating sample magnetometer and variable angle magneto-optical Kerr effect system. Co/Pd multilayer structures have high perpendicular remanence and the magnetization reversal mechanism is mainly domain ...
Journal of Applied Physics, 2014
CoPt films have been grown in the past with a high anisotropy in L1 1 or L1 0 phase, and a high c... more CoPt films have been grown in the past with a high anisotropy in L1 1 or L1 0 phase, and a high coercivity is observed only in L1 0 CoPt films. Recently. we have grown CoPt films which exhibited a high coercivity without exhibiting an ordered phase. In this study, high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) investigations have been carried out to understand the strong thickness and deposition pressure dependent magnetic properties.
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Journal of Applied Physics, 2010
The crystallographic growth, magnetic properties, microstructure, and recording performance of Co... more The crystallographic growth, magnetic properties, microstructure, and recording performance of CoCrPt-SiO 2 perpendicular magnetic recording media on RuCoCr type of intermediate layers were systematically investigated. Excellent Co ͑00• 2͒ crystallographic texture with dispersion ⌬ 50 as low as 3.2°could be obtained on the RuCoCr as the grain isolation layer, whereas the ⌬ 50 on the pure Ru grain isolation layer was 3.9°. Upon injecting oxygen into the RuCoCr layer via reactive sputtering and at high sputter pressures, grain center-to-center distance as small as 5.9 nm with a distribution of about 13% was achieved. The ⌬ 50 deteriorated on the RuCoCr-oxide type of intermediate layers, however, it remained comparable to that on the pure Ru layers. Signal-to-noise ratio also increased on the RuCoCr-oxide grain isolation layers due to the decreased grain sizes. The effectiveness of the RuCoCr-oxide type of intermediate layers toward grain size reduction and in improving the performance of perpendicular magnetic recording media is discussed.
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 2000
In this paper, a crystalline soft underlayer with chemical formula (Fe 15 Co 85 ) 94 Cr 3 Ta 3 fo... more In this paper, a crystalline soft underlayer with chemical formula (Fe 15 Co 85 ) 94 Cr 3 Ta 3 for CoCrPt:SiO 2 -based perpendicular media is studied. Three kinds of approaches are used to successfully reduce the noise from the soft underlayer. X-ray diffraction is used to study the effect of the preparation parameters on the orientations of the soft underlayer and the recording layer. The mechanism for the noise reduction is discussed.
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 2000
Ion implantation of lighter (4He + ) and heavier ion species (121Sb + ) was studied to investigat... more Ion implantation of lighter (4He + ) and heavier ion species (121Sb + ) was studied to investigate their suitability in fabricating bit patterned media (BPM) for areal densities ≥ 5Tbpsi. Conventional CoCrPt-SiO 2 and the next generation high-anisotropy L1 0 FePt media were employed to understand the mass dependent lateral straggle of the ions. First order reversal curve (FORC) measurement for CoCrPt-SiO 2 media revealed an increase in exchange interaction in the implanted films with increasing fluence. Interestingly, there was an order-disorder transformation of the phase for L1 0 FePt media upon implantation. Implantation using lighter ions resulted in a larger lateral straggle. This lateral movement of ions from the unmasked to masked regions during BPM fabrication will, furthermore, impede the process of bit isolation. In contrast, lateral straggle was reduced for heavier ions. However, this was achieved at the expense of the diffusion of host atoms displaced from their lattice positions which caused a reduction of anisotropy even in the unimplanted regions. Therefore, the requirement to strike a balance between the lateral straggle of the implanted species and the movement of host atoms to accomplish ultra-high densities in implantation-assisted-BPM recording is reported as a challenging problem.
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 2000
The effect of Ta, Cr and Cr 90 Ru 10 seed layers on the magnetoelectronic properties of Co/Pd mul... more The effect of Ta, Cr and Cr 90 Ru 10 seed layers on the magnetoelectronic properties of Co/Pd multilayers based pseudo-spin-valves (PSV) with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) was investigated. Giant magnetoresistance curves of the PSV show the degradation of PMA with thicker Cr and CrRu seed layers, but no degradation was observed for Ta up to 50 A. It appears that after the deposition of an intial amorphous wetting layer up to 20 A, Cr and CrRu seed layers start to form three-dimensional clusters that do not favor the fcc (111) orientation of the Pd seed layer and Co/Pd multilayers. This resulted in a significant reduction of the PMA for thicker Cr and CrRu seed layers, such that well-separated switching of the magnetic layers cannot be achieved.
Applied Physics Letters, 2009
Enhancement of the magnetization in the Fe3O4/BiFeO3 epitaxial heterostructures fabricated by mag... more Enhancement of the magnetization in the Fe3O4/BiFeO3 epitaxial heterostructures fabricated by magnetron sputtering Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 182511 (2011) Spin configurations in Co2FeAl0.4Si0.6 Heusler alloy thin film elements Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 182510 (2011) Nanostructured MnGa films on Si/SiO2 with 20.5 kOe room temperature coercivity J. Appl. Phys. 110, 093902 (2011) Electrical and magnetic properties of Ga1xGdxN grown by metal organic chemical vapor deposition J. Appl. Phys. 110, 083920 (2011) Evidence of cation vacancy induced room temperature ferromagnetism in Li-N codoped ZnO thin films Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 182503 (2011) Additional information on Appl. Phys. Lett.
Applied Physics A, 2013
Abstract Magnetic Force Microscopy (MFM) tip coated with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy film (... more Abstract Magnetic Force Microscopy (MFM) tip coated with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy film (PMA tip) is one of the choices for high resolution imaging at low scan height (SH), since it has negligible tip-sample interaction related to its stable magnetic state, sharp, and small tip stray field. In this work, detailed micromagnetic studies are carried out to understand the effect of geometrical and magnetic parameters including the cone angle theta of the PMA tip, intergrain exchange constant A 2^{*}, saturation magnetization M s ...
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