Title :
Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in iron films produced by laser chemical vapour deposition of Fe(CO)5
Author :
Armstrong, J.V. ; Enrech, M. ; Decrouez, C. ; Lunney, J.G. ; Coey, J.M.D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Pure & Appl. Phys., Trinity Coll., Dublin, Ireland
fDate :
9/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Uniform thin films of polycrystalline α-iron were obtained by decomposing a stream of Fe(CO)5 in a flow reactor using 193-nm ArF excimer laser pulses. The films are optically flat and 2.6 μm thick, but they have a spiculate columnar microstructure with a mean column width of 0.2 μm. The films show perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. The Mossbauer spectra of the surface and bulk can be fitted by assuming an angle of 37° between the magnetization direction and the normal to the film
Keywords :
CVD coatings; Mossbauer effect; crystal microstructure; iron; magnetic anisotropy; magnetic thin films; magnetisation; 193 nm; ArF excimer laser pulses; CVD; Fe; Fe(CO)5; Mossbauer spectra; flow reactor; laser chemical vapour deposition; magnetization direction; mean column width; perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; polycrystalline α-Fe; spiculate columnar microstructure; thin films; Geometrical optics; Inductors; Iron; Magnetic films; Magnetization; Microstructure; Optical films; Optical pulses; Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; Transistors;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
