THIN-FILMS OF BARIUM FERRITE WITH PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC-ANISOTROPY PRODUCED BY LASER ABLATION DEPOSITION

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MASTERSON, HJ [1 ]
LUNNEY, JG [1 ]
COEY, JMD [1 ]
ATKINSON, R [1 ]
SALTER, IW [1 ]
PAPAKONSTANTINOU, P [1 ]
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[1] QUEENS UNIV BELFAST,DEPT PURE & APPL PHYS,BELFAST BT7 1NN,ANTRIM,NORTH IRELAND
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10.1063/1.352880
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Barium ferrite thin films with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy have been prepared on heated (001) sapphire substrates by laser ablation deposition in an oxygen atmosphere using a KrF excimer laser. X-ray diffraction patterns reveal highly oriented films of the magnetoplumbite phase with a c-axis angular spread of 1.8-degrees. Scanning electron micrographs reveal that these films are polycrystalline with a crystallite size of 0.4 mum. There is no surface particulate contamination. The saturation magnetization was similar to bulk barium ferrite, and the coercivity was 145 mT. The magneto-optical properties of the films are compared with those derived from the optical and magneto-optical constants of the bulk material.
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