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Thickness Dependent Perpendicular Magnetic Domain Patterns in Sputtered Epitaxial FePt (001) L10 Films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

J.-U. Thiele ,
L. Folks ,
M. F. Toney  and
D. K. Weller
J.-U. Thiele
Affiliation:
IBM Almaden Research Center, 650 Harry Rd., San Jose, CA 95120
L. Folks
Affiliation:
IBM Almaden Research Center, 650 Harry Rd., San Jose, CA 95120
M. F. Toney
Affiliation:
IBM Almaden Research Center, 650 Harry Rd., San Jose, CA 95120
D. K. Weller
Affiliation:
IBM Almaden Research Center, 650 Harry Rd., San Jose, CA 95120
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Abstract

The present paper discusses the magnetic anisotropy and magnetic domain structure of highly ordered epitaxial FePt(001) films grown on Pt seeded MgO(001) substrates. These films were grown by dc-magnetron sputtering from a Fe50Pt50 alloy target at a substrate temperature of 550°C during deposition. Thicknesses were varied between 15 and 170 nm. The presence of the highly anisotropic face centered tetragonal L10 crystal structure with a maximum long range chemical ordering of 95% and a low degree of misorientations was confirmed by specular and grazing incidence X-ray diffraction measurements. For film thicknesses ≥ 50 nm in-plane and out-of-plane hysteresis measurements indicate large perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and at the same time low remanent magnetisation. Magnetic force microscopy reveals highly interconnected perpendicular stripe domain patterns. From their characteristic width, which is strongly dependent on the film thickness, a value of the dipolar length, D0, of 50 ±5 nm is derived. Assuming an exchange constant of 10-6 erg/cm, this value is consistent with an anisotropy constant Ku ∼ 1.108 erg/cc.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 517: Symposium F – Wide Bandgap Semiconductors for High Power, High Frequency , January 1998 , 319
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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