• DocumentCode
    1330561
  • Title

    Magnetocrystalline and Magnetic Surface Anisotropy in Nonepitaxial [Fe/Pt] _{n} Multilayer Films

  • Author

    Zhenghua Li ; YanBo Li ; Xi Liu ; Wei Lu ; Jianmin Bai ; Fulin Wei ; Dan Wei

  • Author_Institution
    Key Lab. for Magn. & Magn. Mater. of the Minist. of Educ., Lanzhou Univ., Lanzhou, China
  • Volume
    47
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    3092
  • Lastpage
    3095
  • Abstract
    The FePt thin films with [Fe/Pt]n multilayer structure have been prepared on preheated Corning 1737F glass substrate using pure Fe and Pt target in a CMS-18 sputtering system. The dependence of FePt´s perpendicular anisotropy on the multilayer structure was investigated. It was found that the perpendicular coercivity and remanence ratio could be enhanced in the FePt films by an optimization of the multilayer structure. The mechanism of the perpendicular anisotropy in [Fe/Pt]n multilayer films was analyzed using the micromagnetic models, with careful discussions of the crystalline and interface anisotropies. It was found that the Fe/Pt interfaces play an important role in favoring the perpendicular orientation in the [Fe/Pt]n multilayer films.
  • Keywords
    coercive force; iron alloys; magnetic epitaxial layers; magnetic multilayers; micromagnetics; perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; platinum alloys; sputter deposition; CMS-18 sputtering system; FePt; corning 1737F glass substrate; crystalline anisotropy; interface anisotropy; magnetic surface anisotropy; magnetocrystalline anisotropy; micromagnetic models; multilayer structure; nonepitaxial multilayer films; perpendicular anisotropy; perpendicular coercivity; perpendicular orientation; remanence ratio; thin films; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Iron; Magnetic multilayers; Nonhomogeneous media; Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; Saturation magnetization; Crystalline anisotropy; FePt multilayer; interface anisotropy; micromagnetic;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TMAG.2011.2147762
  • Filename
    6027801