  We investigated the effect of Fe segregated from partially Fe-substituted MgO
(MgFeO) on the magnetic properties of CoFeB/MgFeO multilayers. X-ray
photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) as well as magnetic measurements revealed that
the segregated Fe was reduced to metal and exhibited ferromagnetism at the
CoFeB/MgFeO interface. The CoFeB/MgFeO multilayer showed more than 2-fold
enhancement in perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) energy density compared
with a standard CoFeB/MgO multilayer. The PMA energy density was further
enhanced by inserting an ultrathin MgO layer in between CoFeB and MgFeO layers.
Ferromagnetic resonance measurement also revealed a remarkable reduction of
magnetic damping in the CoFeB/MgFeO multilayers.
