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AUTHOR
J Köble
Controlling the intralayer structure of Co/Pt superlattices
Abstract The effect of the surface quality of MgO (1 1 1) substrates seeded by a 3 nm thick Pt layer on the intralayer and interlayer structure of Co/Pt (1 1 1) superlattices was investigated. The superlattices were grown by DC magnetron sputtering. Pre-growth processing of the MgO shows that intensive polishing using a specific H 2 O/SiO 2 suspension prior to growth is mandatory for obtaining long-range structural coherence in the films. The comparison between superlattices grown on re-polished and as-supplied substrates shows that the substrate treatment enhances the crystalline in-plane orientation and suppresses abc / acb twin formation. Magnetization measurements were performed using t…
MgO surface microstructure and crystalline coherence of Co/Pt superlattices
We report the growth of Co/Pt(111) superlattices sputtered onto MgO(111) substrates of different surface quality. Long-range structural coherence in the Pt-seed layers and the superlattices could only be obtained on specially re-polished substrates. In seed layers and superlattices grown on miscut re-polished substrates suppression of abc versus acb stacking was observed.