Abstract
Ll0 FePt thin films were deposited on an Fe-O underlayer prepared by RF bias sputtering in an oxygen atmosphere for different oxidization time. Very good (001) texture and perfect perpendicular magnetization were obtained in the FePt film on 1-nm-thick Fe-O underlayer after high temperature annealing. The (001) texture evolution was accompanied by fcc-to-fct phase transformation, and both were driven by a recrystallization process. The Fe-O underlayer not only acts as a template, but also provides a stress to help the atom migration during annealing.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 5257346 |
| Pages (from-to) | 3594-3597 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Magnetics |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 2009 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Annealing
- Fe-O
- FePt
- Underlayer