Formation of (001) texture in fe-o underlayered L10 FePt films

P. P. Gu, C. L. Zha, B. Ma, J. P. Wang, Z. Z. Zhang, Q. Y. Jin

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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 languageEnglish
Article number5257346
Pages (from-to)3594-3597
Number of pages4
JournalIEEE Transactions on Magnetics
Volume45
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2009
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Annealing
  • Fe-O
  • FePt
  • Underlayer

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