Title :
Soft magnetic properties of hydrogenated, compositionally modulated, amorphous, Fe-Zr thin films
Author :
Cho, Byung-II ; Win, W. ; Yun, Eui-Jung ; Walser, R.M.
Author_Institution :
I/UCR Center for Magnetics, Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA
fDate :
11/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Magnetic properties and stability of hydrogenated, amorphous, compositionally modulated (CM) Fe-Zr thin films were studied in this work. These films had average compositions FexZr100-x with x=80, 82, 85, modulation periods of ~10 Å, and total thicknesses of ~1000 Å. In comparison with results obtained for similar homogeneous films, the CM films could be electrochemically charged with larger amounts of hydrogen in much shorter times. The hydrogen induced increases (HIC) in the Curie temperatures of CM films were compatible to those reported for homogeneous films, but the increases in the magnetizations were greater. While the HIC in the magnetic state of homogeneous films are reversed by hydrogen effusion, in CM films they relax to a stable, irreversible, soft magnetic state with interesting magnetic properties
Keywords :
Curie temperature; amorphous magnetic materials; ferromagnetic materials; iron alloys; magnetic thin films; magnetisation; soft magnetic materials; zirconium alloys; Curie temperature; Fe-Zr:H; compositionally modulated amorphous Fe-Zr thin films; electrochemical charging; hydrogen effusion; hydrogen induced increases; hydrogenation; magnetization; soft magnetic properties; stability; Amorphous magnetic materials; Amorphous materials; Hydrogen; Iron; Magnetic films; Magnetic modulators; Magnetic properties; Soft magnetic materials; Stability; Zirconium;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
