Effects of surface and interface scattering on anomalous Hall effect in Co/Pd multilayers

Z. B. Guo, W. B. Mi, R. O. Aboljadayel, B. Zhang, Q. Zhang, P. G. Barba, A. Manchon, X. X. Zhang

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Abstract

In this paper, we report the results of surface and interface scattering on anomalous Hall effect in Co/Pd multilayers with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. The surface scattering effect has been extracted from the total anomalous Hall effect. By scaling surface scattering contribution with ρ AHs∼ρssγ, the exponent γ has been found to decrease with the increase of surface scattering resistivity, which could account for the thickness-dependent anomalous Hall effect. Interface diffusion induced by rapid thermal annealing modifies not only the magnetization and longitudinal resistivity but also the anomalous Hall effect; a large exponent γ ∼ 5.7 has been attributed to interface scattering-dominated anomalous Hall effect.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number104433
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume86
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 27 2012

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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