J4 ›› 2010, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (06): 1031-1033.

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Structure and Magnetic Properties of Ag/FePt/C Thin Films

ZHANG Yu mei, LIU Mei, WANG Yong hong, SHEN Wei xia, LI Hai bo   

  1. Institute of Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science, Jilin Normal University, Siping 136000, Jilin Province, China
  • Received:2010-02-03 Online:2010-11-26 Published:2010-11-26
  • Contact: LI Hai bo E-mail:lihaibo@jlnu.edu.cn

Abstract:

An Ag/FePt/C thin film was deposited on Si (001) substrate by direct current and radio frequency magnetron sputtering at room temperature, then the as-deposited film was vacuum annealed at various temperatures so as to obtain L10-FePt thin film with high coercivity. The composition, structure and magnetic properties of the film were investigated by means of  X-ray fluorescence, X-ray diffraction and  vibrating sample magnetometer. The results indicate that disordered to ordered phase transformation took place when the film was annealed at 400 ℃. Ag underlayer could reduce the FePt ordering temperature.  The grain size could be controlled by adding Ag and C elements. The grain size and coercivity increased with  increasing  annealing temperature. The average grain size of FePt in the thin film annealed at 600 ℃ is 14 nm, the out\|of\|plane and in\|plane coercivities are 798.16 kA/m and 762.35 kA/m,  respectively.

Key words: magnetic recording material, L10-FePt, magnetron sputtering, structure, magnetic property

CLC Number: 

  • O482