High frequency properties of Fe-Cr-Ta-N soft magnetic films

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Jin, S [1 ]
Zhu, W [1 ]
vanDover, RB [1 ]
Tiefel, TH [1 ]
Korenivski, V [1 ]
Chen, LH [1 ]
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[1] KAOHSIUNG POLYTECH INST,KAOHSIUNG,TAIWAN
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10.1063/1.119120
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High frequency magnetic properties of a new, soft magnetic Fe-Cr-Ta-N alloy film have been investigated. Thin films with a composition of Fe-4.6% Cr-0.2% Ta-7.4% N (in atomic %) were prepared by reactive sputtering in a nitrogen-containing atmosphere. The films, most likely nanocrystalline, exhibit excellent soft magnetic properties in the as-deposited condition without any post heat treatment, e.g., H-c as low as 1.2 Oe (95.3 A/m) and 4 pi M-s similar to 20 kG. The easy-axis M-H loop is square. The hard-axis loop is linear and closed, with the anisotropy field H-a = 20-100 Oe (1.59-7.95 kA/m). By virtue of their high 4 pi M-s and relatively high H-a, these soft magnetic films exhibit high permeability and low loss in the GHz frequency range with the undesirable ferromagnetic resonance interference suppressed to beyond 2 GHz. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics.
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