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JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 103, 07D511 2008 The critical size between single domain and multidomain in L1 -FePt 0 particles N. Kikuchi,a S. Okamoto, and O. Kitakami Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan Presented on 9 November 2007; received 10 September 2007; accepted 12 October 2007; published online 23 January 2008 The critical diameter between single domain and multidomain in single crystal L 10-FePt particles has been studied. The particles are fabricated by depositing FePt on MgO100 at 1173 K and the diameter was ranged from a few to over a hundred nanometers by changing nominal deposition thickness in the range of 2–10 nm. Initial anomalous Hall effect AHE curves were measured for as-deposited state and demagnetized state with in-plane field. The critical diameter for single domain obtained by analyzing initial curves coincides for both initial states and dc 55 nm for nominal thickness of 10 nm. © 2008 American Institute of Physics. DOI: 10.1063/1.2830679 I. INTRODUCTION 5 nm/ Pt 5 nm was deposited on the samples for AHE measurement as electrode material. The Al layer was inserted Bistability of magnetization is one of the essential re- between FePt and Pt because Pt layer is suitable as a capping quirements for nonvolatile memory using nanomagnets e.g.,