Abstract
The effects of underlayer on the microstructure and magnetic characterizations of epitaxial FePt films were studied. Enhanced out-of-plane coercivity and ordering were obtained in the Pt-underlayered FePt samples, which may be due to the proper lattice strain from the Pt underlayer. The larger lattice parameter of Pt may enlarge the a axis and reduce the c axis of the L 10 FePt phase and result in low-temperature ordering. However, such an effect does not appear in Fe-underlayered samples because of the smaller lattice parameter and the considerable interdiffusion. The angular dependence coercivity revealed that the dominant reversal mechanism of the FePt films changed from domain-wall motion to rotation, which is caused by the formation of L 10 island structures induced by the Pt underlayer. On the other hand, the Fe-underlayered FePt films showed a broad peak roughly at 45°, implying the tilt of the easy axis about 45° away from the film normal.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 07E138 |
| Journal | Journal of Applied Physics |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2008 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was financially supported by the main research project of the National Science Council under Grant No. NSC 95-2112-M-036-002-MY3. The first author (Da-Hua Wei) is supported by the Research Fellowship of the National Science Council of the Republic of China.
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