Temperature Dependence of Magnetic Properties in Epitaxial FePt/FeRh Bilayer

Abstract

A systematic investigation of structural and magnetic properties of FePt/FeRh bilayers on dependence of temperature has been carried out. The transition temperature of single FeRh layer was higher than that of FePt/FeRh bilayer. A sharp decrease in coercivity is observed at transition temperature for FePt/FeRh bilayer. The thickness FePt and FeRh dependence of exchange bias field and unidirectional anisotropy constant are discussed. Of interest is that the exchange bias effect appears in FePt/FeRh bilayer and unidirectional anisotropy constant is very large up to 1 erg/cm <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sup> , suggesting that this system can be applied to spin-valve sensors and heat assisted magnetic recording medium.