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Liquid phase epitaxy of an 18 nm thick Yttrium Iron garnet (YIG) film is achieved. Its magnetic properties are investigated in the 100 -- 400 K temperature range, as well as the influence of a 3 nm thick Pt overlayer on them. The saturation…
Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) in ultrathin magnetic structures is a key ingredient for the development of electrically controlled spintronic devices. Due to their relatively large spin-polarization, high Curie temperature and low…
We report proximity effects of spin-orbit coupling in EuO$_{1-x}$ films capped with a Pt overlayer. Transport measurements suggest that current flows along a conducting channel at the interface between the Pt and EuO. The temperature…
We have investigated the spin wave dynamics of Permalloy (Py) thin films with and without a Ta capping layer for varying Py thickness (15 nm, 20 nm and 30 nm) using all optical time-resolved magneto-optical Kerr effect measurements. XPS…
The overall quality of multilayer thin films prepared by electrodeposition is strongly influenced by the surface and interface roughness which increases with the layer number. For that very reason the reliable analysis of the first few…
Pt(x{\AA})/Co(5{\AA})/Pt(10{\AA}) trilayer films were deposited on naturally oxidized Si(111) substrate to investigate Ti underlayer effect on PMA. A small amount of Ti underlayer promoted the magnetic anisotropy to a perpendicular…
Oblique/normal sequential deposition technique is used to create Co based unique multilayer structure [Co-oblique(4.4nm)/Co-normal (4.2 nm)]x10, where each Co-oblique layer is deposited at an oblique angle of 75deg, to induce large in-plane…
Topological insulators and skyrmion-hosting, chiral magnetic multilayers are two well-explored areas of modern condensed matter physics, each offering unique advantages for spintronics applications. In this paper, we demonstrate the…
A combinatorial thin-film synthesis approach combined with a high throughput analysis methodology was successfully applied to synthesize TiN/Ni coatings with optimum mechanical properties. The synthesis approach consists of the deposition…
Co25Fe75 ferromagnetic films exhibit ultralow magnetic damping. The magnetic damping dependence of Cobalt Iron thin films over a Co composition (23 to 36%) is here reported. The thin film structures were sputter deposited at ambient…
The growth mode, magnetic and magneto-optical properties of epitaxial Au/Co/Au(111) ultrathin trilayers grown by pulsed-laser deposition (PLD) under ultra-high vacuum are presented. Sapphire wafers buffered with a single-crystalline Mo(110)…
We report a systematic comparison of niobium nitride thin films deposited on oxidized silicon substrates by reactive DC magnetron sputtering and reactive high-power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS). After determining the nitrogen gas…
Magnets with broken local inversion symmetries are interesting candidates for chiral magnetic textures such as skyrmions and spin spirals. The property of these magnets is that each subsequent layer can possess a different…
To stabilize the non-trivial spin textures, e.g., skyrmions or chiral domain walls in ultrathin magnetic films, an additional degree of freedom such as the interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (IDMI) must be induced by the strong…
Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) manifesting in asymmetric layered ferromagnetic films gives rise to non-colinear spin structures stabilizing magnetization configurations with nontrivial topology. In this work magnetization reversal,…
Defining the magnetic anisotropy for in-plane or out-of-plane easy axis in ferrimagnetic insulators films by controlling the strain, while maintaining high-quality surfaces, is desirable for spintronic and magnonic applications. We…
Magnetic multilayers of $(SrRuO_3)_m(SrMnO_3)_n$ were grown artificially using the pulsed laser deposition technique on (001)-oriented $SrTiO_3$ substrates. The state of strain at the interfaces and the structural coherency are studied in…
In equilibrium the interface potential that describes the interaction between two AB interfaces in a binary blend of A and B homopolymers is attractive at all distances, resulting in coarsening of the blend morphology even in the absence of…
Very high magnetic anisotropies have been theoretically predicted for strained Fe-Co(-X) and indeed several experiments on epitaxial thin films seemed to confirm strain induced anisotropy enhancement. This study presents a critical analysis…
We systematically investigated the Ni and Co thickness-dependent perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) coefficient, magnetic domain structures, and magnetization dynamics of Pt(5 nm)/[Co(t_Co nm)/Ni(t_Ni nm)]5/Pt(1 nm) multilayers by…