,716, 北京科技大学学报 第29卷 [3]Florczak M.Dan Dahlberg E.Dectecting two magnetization com- pendence of the oscillatory exchange interaction in Co/Cu/Co. ponents by the magnetio"optical Kerr effect.J Appl Phys.1990. Phys Rev Lett.1992.69:969 67,7520 [6]Altuncevahir B.Koymen A R.Interlayer coupling in CoNi/Gd/ [4]Daboo C.Bland J A C.Hicken R J.Vectorial magnetometry with CoNi trilayer.J Appl Phys.2001.89:6822 the magnetooptic Kerr effect applied to Co/Cu/Co trilayer strue- [7]Parkin SS P.Bhadra R.Rocher K P.Oscillatory magnetic ex- tures.Phys Rev B.1993.47:11852 change coupling through thin copper layers.Phys Rev Lett, [5]Johnson M T.Coehorn R.de Vries J J.et al.Orientational de- 1991,66:2152 Reversal process of magnetization of a Co/Cu/Co trilayer observed by longitudinal MOKE technique WA NG Yidong,WANG Lei,PAN Liging,WU Ping,QIU Hong,WANG Fengping Department of Physics,University of Science and Technology Beijing.Beijing 100083.China ABSTRACI A set of experimental system of magneto optic Kerr effect was set up mainly by using photo elastic modulator and lock in amplifier.The system was used to measure the magnetic properties of magnetic materials, especially for magnetic thin films.The longitudinal magneto optical Kerr effect was used to investigate the mag- netic properties and magnetic reversal.Transverse and longitudinal magnetic fields were applied in the plane of the samples in order to measure two perpendicular magnetization components in plane.Co/Cu/Co sandwiches deposited on different substrates were prepared by high vacuum magnetron sputtering.From Kerr loops,the different of structure between buffer and Cu layer induced the difference of structure between Co dow n-layer and Co up-layer,which made the coercive force difference and magnetization reversal. KEY WORDS magneto-optic Kerr effect;Co/Cu/Co sandwich:magnetic reversal[3] Florczak MDan Dahlberg E.Dectecting two magnetization components by the magnetio-optical Kerr effect.J Appl Phys1990 67:7520 [4] Daboo CBland J A CHicken R J.Vectorial magnetometry with the magneto-optic Kerr effect applied to Co/Cu/Co trilayer structures.Phys Rev B199347:11852 [5] Johnson M TCoehorn Rde Vries J Jet al.Orientational dependence of the oscillatory exchange interaction in Co/Cu/Co. Phys Rev Lett199269:969 [6] Altuncevahir BKoymen A R.Interlayer coupling in CoNi/Gd/ CoNi trilayer.J Appl Phys200189:6822 [7] Parkin S S PBhadra RRocher K P.Oscillatory magnetic exchange coupling through thin copper layers.Phys Rev Lett 199166:2152 Reversal process of magnetization of a Co/Cu/Co trilayer observed by longitudinal MOKE technique WA NG Y idongWA NG LeiPA N L iqingW U PingQIU HongWA NG Fengping Department of PhysicsUniversity of Science and Technology BeijingBeijing100083China ABSTRACT A set of experimental system of magneto-optic Kerr effect was set up mainly by using photo-elastic modulator and lock-in amplifier.The system was used to measure the magnetic properties of magnetic materials especially for magnetic thin films.The longitudinal magneto-optical Kerr effect was used to investigate the magnetic properties and magnetic reversal.Transverse and longitudinal magnetic fields were applied in the plane of the samples in order to measure two perpendicular magnetization components in-plane.Co/Cu/Co sandwiches deposited on different substrates were prepared by high vacuum magnetron sputtering.From Kerr loopsthe different of structure between buffer and Cu layer induced the difference of structure between Co down-layer and Co up-layerwhich made the coercive force difference and magnetization reversal. KEY WORDS magneto-optic Kerr effect;Co/Cu/Co sandwich;magnetic reversal ·716· 北 京 科 技 大 学 学 报 第29卷