Annealing effect on laser-induced magnetization dynamics in Co/Ni-based synthetic antiferromagnets with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy

摘要： We report a comprehensive study of annealing treatment modulation on the laser-induced ultrafast magnetic behaviors in antiferromagnetically exchange-coupled [Ni/Co]4/Ru/[Co/Ni]3 multilayers with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA). Magnetic hysteresis loops indicate that the uniaxial PMA ?eld Hkeff decreases monotonously with the increase in annealing temperature Ta, but the variation of interlayer coupling ?eld Hex is rather complicated. Time-resolved magnetic-optical Kerr effect (MOKE) measurements demonstrate that the laser-excited demagnetization and precession process relies signi?cantly on Ta. Upon laser impulsion, the MOKE signal immediately shows a nonchanging transient increase and decrease with H increasing for low Ta, but only the ultrafast decreasing behavior for high Ta. From the subsequent dynamic precession spectra, the optical and acoustic precession modes are identi?ed. By ?tting the ?eld-dependent frequency curves via the deduced dispersion relations, both Hkeff and Hex are determined and their variation trends agree well with the results from the static magnetic measurement. Moreover, it is found that the critical ?eld where the ultrafast signal decrease occurs is dependent on the co-effect of Hkeff and Hex, whereas the maximum ?eld at which the optical mode precession disappears shares the same trend as Hex. The magnetic damping of acoustic mode is seen to increase with Ta due to the increased inhomogeneities. Our ?ndings provide a deep understanding of the magnetic properties in synthetic antiferromagnetic multilayers with high annealing temperatures, which will be helpful for designing advanced spintronic devices.