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This study is devoted to a correlation between elastic constants and magnetic anisotropy of Co∕Pt superlattice thin films. Co∕Pt superlattice thin films with various Co–Pt layer wavelengths were deposited on monocrystal silicon substrates by an ultrahigh-vacuum-evaporation method, keeping the volume fractions of the Co and Pt layers unchanged. Their perpendicular magnetic anisotropy ranged between −0.2 and 5.0MJ∕m3. Resonant-ultrasound spectroscopy coupled with laser-Doppler interferometry determined their hexagonal-symmetry elastic constants, which correlate with the magnetic anisotropy; higher perpendicular magnetic anisotropy causes larger in-plane elastic moduli and smaller out-of-plane moduli. The correlation is explained by internal elastic strain associated with lattice misfit at the Co–Pt interfaces.
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