Research paper

(001)-oriented FePt/Ag composite films for perpendicular recording

  • Wenfeng LIU ,
  • Fang WANG ,
  • Xiaohong XU
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  • 1. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
    2. School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen 041004, China

Received date: 2008-11-03

  Revised date: 2009-05-05

  Online published: 2009-10-15

Abstract

FePt/Ag thin films were deposited by magnetron sputtering onto 7059 glass substrates, then were annealed at 550 ℃ for 30~min. Nanostructured FePt/Ag films were successfully obtained with the magnetic easy axis of L10 FePt perpendicular to the film plane. It was found that the development of (001) texture depended strongly on the thicknesses of FePt magnetic layer and Ag underlayer. The L10 ordered FePt(15 nm)/Ag(50 nm) with (001) orientation can be obtained. And the perpendicular coercivity of FePt(15 nm)/Ag(50 nm) film reached to 7.21×105 A/m, whereas the longitudinal one was only 3.2×104 A/m. The non-magnetic Ag underlayer can not only induce (001) orientation and ordering of FePt grains, but also reduce the intergrain interactions.

Cite this article

Wenfeng LIU , Fang WANG , Xiaohong XU . (001)-oriented FePt/Ag composite films for perpendicular recording[J]. Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters), 2009 , 22(5) : 392 -396 . DOI: 10.1016/S1006-7191(08)60113-1

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