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Chin. Phys. B, 2009, Vol. 18(11): 4829-4833    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/18/11/036
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Mössbauer study of the field induced uniaxial anisotropy in electro-deposited FeCo alloy films

Li Zhi-Wei(李志伟), Yang Xu(杨旭), Wang Hai-Bo(王海波), Liu Xin(刘忻), and Li Fa-Shen(李发伸)
Institute of Applied Magnetics, Key Laboratory for Magnetism and Magnetic Materials of the Ministry of Education, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Abstract  Thin ferromagnetic films with in-plane magnetic anisotropy are promising materials for obtaining high microwave permeability. The paper reports a Mössbauer study of the field induced in-plane uniaxial anisotropy in electro-deposited FeCo alloy films. The FeCo alloy films were prepared by the electro-deposition method with and without an external magnetic field applied parallel to the film plane during deposition. Vibrating sample magnetometry and Mössbauer spectroscopy measurements at room temperature indicate that the film deposited in external field shows an in-plane uniaxial anisotropy with an easy direction coinciding with the external field direction and a hard direction perpendicular to the field direction, whereas the film deposited without external field does not show any in-plane anisotropy. Mössbauer spectra taken in three geometric arrangements show that the magnetic moments are almost constrained in the film plane for the film deposited with applied magnetic field. Also, the magnetic moments tend to align in the direction of the applied external magnetic field during deposition, indicating that the observed anisotropy should be attributed to directional ordering of atomic pairs.
Keywords:  electro-deposition      FeCo film      uniaxial anisotropy      Mössbauer spectra  
Received:  24 November 2008      Revised:  14 April 2009      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  75.70.Ak (Magnetic properties of monolayers and thin films)  
  76.80.+y (M?ssbauer effect; other γ-ray spectroscopy)  
  75.30.Gw (Magnetic anisotropy)  
  75.50.Bb (Fe and its alloys)  
  81.15.Pq (Electrodeposition, electroplating)  
  75.30.Cr (Saturation moments and magnetic susceptibilities)  
Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No 10774061).

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Li Zhi-Wei(李志伟), Yang Xu(杨旭), Wang Hai-Bo(王海波), Liu Xin(刘忻), and Li Fa-Shen(李发伸) Mössbauer study of the field induced uniaxial anisotropy in electro-deposited FeCo alloy films 2009 Chin. Phys. B 18 4829

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