Measuring the magnetic moment density in patterned ultrathin ferromagnets with submicron resolution

Abstract

We present a new approach to infer the surface density of magnetic moments $I_s$ in ultrathin ferromagnetic films with perpendicular anisotropy. It relies on quantitative stray field measurements with an atomic-size magnetometer based on the nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond. The method is applied to microstructures patterned in a 1-nm-thick film of CoFeB. We report measurements of $I_s$ with a few percent uncertainty and a spatial resolution in the range of $(100$ nm)${}^2$, an improvement by several orders of magnitude over existing methods. As an example of application, we measure the modifications of $I_s$ induced by local irradiation with He${}^{+}$ ions in an ultrathin ferromagnetic wire. This method offers a new route to study variations of magnetic properties at the nanoscale.

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