• DocumentCode
    1529701
  • Title

    Surface topology and magnetic properties of FePt alloyed thin films

  • Author

    Na, Kyung-Hwan ; Na, Jong-Gab ; Kim, Hi-Jung ; Jang, Pyung-Woo ; Lee, Sung-Rae

  • Author_Institution
    Korea Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Seoul, South Korea
  • Volume
    37
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    7/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1302
  • Lastpage
    1305
  • Abstract
    Dependency of Ar pressure on the surface topology and magnetic properties of as-deposited and air-annealed 120 nm thick FePt thin films were investigated. The higher the Ar pressure was, the rougher the surface of as-deposited films became. After annealing in the air, the surface became much rougher which was due to formation of Fe oxide on the surface. The oxidation was much accelerated in the films with rougher surface. This accelerated oxidation resulted in a high order-disorder transformation rate and higher coercivity
  • Keywords
    annealing; coercive force; iron alloys; magnetic thin films; order-disorder transformations; oxidation; platinum alloys; sputtered coatings; FePt; FePt alloy thin film; air annealing; coercivity; magnetic properties; order-disorder transformation; oxidation; sputter deposition; surface topology; Acceleration; Annealing; Argon; Iron; Magnetic films; Magnetic properties; Oxidation; Rough surfaces; Surface roughness; Topology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/20.950824
  • Filename
    950824