FePtAg多层膜的结构和磁性.pptVIP

* Structure and magnetic properties of annealed FePt/Ag multilayer films 2nd International Symposium on Advanced Magnetic Materials and Applications H Xiang1, Y P Zheng1, D M Jiang1, G Q Li1,*, W Lu2, H Saito3 and S Ishio3 1 Southwest University, Chongqing, China 2 Tongji University, Shanghai, China 3 Akita University, Akita, Japan * E-mail: gqli@swu.edu.cn ISAMMA 2010 2010-07 Background Uniaxial magnetocrystal anisotropy: Ku = ~7×107 erg/cc Application: Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR) Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ) Questions: Anneal at high temperature results in large grain size; Addition of a small amount of Ag can reduce ordering temperature* Bulk：1300℃→L10 phase Film：About a half of that for bulk A1 (fcc) phase (a = b = c) annealing L10 (fct) phase (a = b c) Fe Pt c a b Fe Pt c b a Ordering temperature： L10 FePt alloy: * Electron. Lett. 32 (1996) 1105, J. Appl. Phys. 93 (2003) 7178 Motivation A great deal of Ag addition into FePt to reduce grain size and intergrain exchange coupling. Content [FePt(d nm)/Ag(3 nm)]n deposited on MgO underlayer Annealing multilayers at 600℃ for 30 min XRD: transformation of crystal structure and orientation AFM: surface morphology VSM: magnetic properties Motivation Content Experiments Analysis of properties Preparation Substrate: quartz, 10×10×0.5 mm3 Equipment: Magnetron Sputtering Underlayer: MgO (5 nm) Multilayer: [FePt(d nm)/Ag(3 nm)]n onto MgO (d = 1, 2, 3, 4; n = 9, 5, 3, 2; d × n ≈ 9) Base pressure: ＜ 5 × 10-6 Pa Sputtering pressure (Argon): 0.5 Pa Substrate temperature: 100℃ Annealing : 600 ℃ for 30 min in vacuum XRD, AFM, VSM Quartz substrate MgO (5 nm) FePt (d nm) Ag (3 nm) FePt (d nm) Ag (3 nm) T = 100 ℃ 1、[FePt(1nm)/Ag(3nm)]9 2、[FePt(2nm)/Ag(3nm)]5 3、[FePt(3nm)/Ag(3nm)]3 4、[FePt(4nm)/Ag(3nm)]2 samples unit unit Results Discussion 1、XRD patterns of the [FePt(d nm)/Ag(3 nm)]n The total thickness of Ag: tAg = 3n (n = 1,2,3,4) (001) peak is obse