Title :
Compositional Variation of Saturation Magnetization for Fe-N Thin Films with Respect to Nitrogen
Author :
Kusumi, K. ; Miyajima, H. ; Otani, Y.
Author_Institution :
Keio University.
Abstract :
Fe100-xNx thin films were prepared by RF sputtering in nitrogen with a low plasma density. All films had compositions in the range 0¿x¿35 at% and consisted of a single metastable phase with a body-centered cubic structure. The saturation magnetization seemed to follow the Slater-Pauling curve with respect to the nitrogen concentration. In the films, the Fe atoms that were nearest-neighbors to nitrogen atoms were found to behave like Co atoms.
Keywords :
Iron; Magnetic films; Magnetic moments; Magnetic properties; Nitrogen; Plasma density; Saturation magnetization; Sputtering; Substrates; Transistors;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics in Japan, IEEE Translation Journal on
DOI :
10.1109/TJMJ.1994.4565979