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THIN SOLID FILMS
卷 562, 期 -, 页码 543-548出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2014.03.085
关键词
Amorphous magnetic thin films; Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; Thermal expansion; Magnetostrictive effect; Rare earth-transition metal alloys
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资金
- Natural Science Research Project of Education Commission of Anhui Province, China [KJ2011A052]
- Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, State Education Ministry
The effect of substrate temperature on the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) in sputtered NdFeCo films on Si(111) has been studied. A strong PMA is observed in the NdFeCo films deposited at 310 degrees C, while the room temperature (RT) deposited films show an in-plane dominated anisotropy. The microstructure reveals a stratified microstructure along film thickness due to diffusion occurring at Si(111)/NdFeCo interface of the films deposited at 310 degrees C. Nd-2(FeCo)(17) nano-crystals and Nd-2(FeCo)(14)Si-3 and/or Nd-6(FeCo)(13)Si intermetallic compounds in nano-size appear in the films deposited at 310 degrees C, while the RT deposited NdFeCo films are in amorphous state. Annealing at 300 degrees C results in atomic relaxation and thus ordering of the stripe domains. The distinguishing dependence of themicro/magnetic structure and magnetic characteristics of the NdFeCo films on substrate temperature and annealing temperature is presented. It is concluded that the strong PMA is mainly from the magnetoelastic anisotropy caused by the induced interfacial stress due to the opposite thermal expansion behavior between the NdFeCo layer and Si-doped interfacial layer. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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