EFFECT OF ENERGETIC BOMBARDMENT ON THE MAGNETIC COERCIVITY OF SPUTTERED PT/CO THIN-FILM MULTILAYERS

被引：67

作者：

CARCIA, PF ^{[1
]}

SHAH, SI ^{[1
]}

ZEPER, WB ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] PHILIPS RES LABS,5600 JA EINDHOVEN,NETHERLANDS

来源：

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS | 1990年 / 56卷 / 23期

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D O I：

10.1063/1.102912

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Pt/Co multilayers are an attractive candidate for a magneto-optical recording medium. However, films sputter deposited in Ar have coercivities too small (100-350 Oe) to be practical in recording. By sputter depositing multilayers in Kr or Xe instead of Ar, we achieved coercivities ∼1000 Oe, suitable for recording. We attribute the lower coercivity of Ar-sputtered films to interfacial mixing of Pt and Co layers by energetic bombardment from Ar gas atoms that recoil from the Pt target.

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页码：2345 / 2347

页数：3