Properties of BaFe12O19 films prepared by laser deposition with in situ heating and post annealing

BaFe12O19 films on (001) sapphire substrates are prepared by laser deposition with in situ heating and postannealing. The properties of the films are analyzed by x-ray diffractometry, vibrating sample magnetometer, atomic force microscopy, and Raman spectroscopy. The relationship among the coercivity, crystalline orientation, and grain shape and size is discussed. The film with coercivity of 5.1 kOe has been obtained by laser deposition with postannealing. The film with a preferential c-axis orientation normal to the film plane and the grains having good crystallinity with hexagonal symmetry have been obtained by laser deposition with in situ heating. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(00)03804-3].