Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique

Commissariat a L'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives

Lavinia Elena Nistor

Bernard Dieny

Bernard Rodmacq

Stéphane Auffret

A three-layer magnetic element comprises, on a substrate, a first oxide, hydride or nitride layer O having a metal magnetic layer M mounted thereon, the latter having either a second oxide, hydride or nitride layer O', or a non-ferromagnetic metal layer M&#x2032; mounted thereon. Layer M is continuous, has a thickness of 1 to 5 nm and the magnetization thereof is parallel to the layer plane in the absence of layers O and O&#x2032;. There is, for a range of temperature equal to or greater than ambient temperature, interfacial magnetic anisotropy perpendicular to the layer plane on interfaces O/M and M/O&#x2032; that is capable of decreasing the effective demagnetizing field of layer M or orienting the magnetization of layer M in a manner substantially perpendicular to the layer plane.

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Hunedoara, Romania

Lavinia Elena Nistor