Title :
Thermal Stability of FePt-Based Exchange Coupled Composite Films
Author :
Honghua Guo ; Haigang Chu ; Jialin Liao ; Bin Ma ; Zongzhi Zhang ; Qingyuan Jin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Opt. Sci. & Eng., Fudan Univ., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
Three series of L10-FePt based exchange coupled composite (ECC) films L10-FePt/Fe, L10-FePt/[Co/Ni]N and L10-FePt/[Co/Pt]N, with different magnetization configurations, on MgO substrates are studied. Though all series of samples show similar dependences of coercivity on the soft layer thickness, their thermal stabilities are much different. The perpendicular ECC film of L10-FePt/[Co/Ni]N shows a higher thermal stability than that of in-plane one of L10-FePt/Fe for all the soft layer thicknesses.
Keywords :
cobalt; cobalt alloys; coercive force; exchange interactions (electron); iron; iron alloys; magnetic epitaxial layers; nanocomposites; nanofabrication; nanomagnetics; nickel alloys; perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; platinum; platinum alloys; soft magnetic materials; thermal stability; FePt-Co-Pt; FePt-CoNi; FePt-Fe; MgO; coercivity; epitaxial relation; exchange coupled composite films; magnesium oxide substrates; magnetization; nanometer thicknesses; perpendicular magnetocrystalline anisotropy; soft layer thickness; thermal stability; Coercive force; Energy barrier; Iron; Magnetic anisotropy; Magnetic hysteresis; Magnetization; Thermal stability; Exchange coupled composite (ECC); FePt; thermal stability;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMAG.2013.2242436