中国物理B ›› 2015, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (3): 37507-037507.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/24/3/037507

• CONDENSED MATTER: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES • 上一篇    下一篇

Fabrication and magnetocrystalline anisotropy of NiCo(002) films

樊维佳, 马丽, 时钟, 周仕明   

  1. Shanghai Key Laboratory of Special Artificial Microstructure and Pohl Institute of Solid State Physics and School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
  • 收稿日期:2014-07-26 修回日期:2014-10-14 出版日期:2015-03-05 发布日期:2015-03-05
  • 基金资助:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11374227, 51331004, 51171129, and 51201114) and the Shanghai Science and Technology Committee, China (Grant Nos. 0252nm004, 13XD1403700, and 13520722700).

Fabrication and magnetocrystalline anisotropy of NiCo(002) films

Fan Wei-Jia (樊维佳), Ma Li (马丽), Shi Zhong (时钟), Zhou Shi-Ming (周仕明)   

  1. Shanghai Key Laboratory of Special Artificial Microstructure and Pohl Institute of Solid State Physics and School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
  • Received:2014-07-26 Revised:2014-10-14 Online:2015-03-05 Published:2015-03-05
  • Contact: Zhou Shi-Ming E-mail:shiming@tongji.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11374227, 51331004, 51171129, and 51201114) and the Shanghai Science and Technology Committee, China (Grant Nos. 0252nm004, 13XD1403700, and 13520722700).

摘要:

A series of 30-nm-thick epitaxial NixCo1-x (002) alloy films are fabricated by DC magnetron sputtering. MgO (002) and SrTiO3 (002) single substrates are used for x>0.5 and x<0.5, respectively. The magnetocrystalline anisotropy of NixCo1-x (002) alloy films is studied in the entire composition region for 0≤x≤ 1.0. When x decreases, the cubic magnetic anisotropy constant K1 changes sign from negative to positive at x=0.96 and becomes negative again at x= 0.79. It becomes more negative as x decreases from 0.79 to 0. The uniaxial anisotropy Ku is smaller than the K1 by a factor of two orders.

关键词: face centered cubic CoNi alloy, magnetocrystalline anisotropy

Abstract:

A series of 30-nm-thick epitaxial NixCo1-x (002) alloy films are fabricated by DC magnetron sputtering. MgO (002) and SrTiO3 (002) single substrates are used for x>0.5 and x<0.5, respectively. The magnetocrystalline anisotropy of NixCo1-x (002) alloy films is studied in the entire composition region for 0≤x≤ 1.0. When x decreases, the cubic magnetic anisotropy constant K1 changes sign from negative to positive at x=0.96 and becomes negative again at x= 0.79. It becomes more negative as x decreases from 0.79 to 0. The uniaxial anisotropy Ku is smaller than the K1 by a factor of two orders.

Key words: face centered cubic CoNi alloy, magnetocrystalline anisotropy

中图分类号:  (Magnetic properties of thin films, surfaces, and interfaces)

  • 75.70.-i
75.30.Gw (Magnetic anisotropy) 75.50.Cc (Other ferromagnetic metals and alloys)