Effect of Pt layers on chemical ordering in FePt thin films

R. Gupta; R. Medwal; P. Sharma; A. K. Mahapatro; S. Annapoorni

doi:10.1016/j.spmi.2013.10.006

Effect of Pt layers on chemical ordering in FePt thin films

R. Gupta, R. Medwal, P. Sharma, A. K. Mahapatro, S. Annapoorni

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Abstract

The tunability in the structural and magnetic phases present in RF-sputtered Fe₃Pt thin films over Si (1 0 0) substrates have been studied by introducing thin films of platinum (Pt) as an underlayer and/or overlayers. Annealing of the Fe₃Pt thin films with Pt underlayers (Pt/Fe₃Pt) structures at 600 C for 1 h, indicates well organized nanostructured grains as imaged through an atomic force microscope (AFM). The evolution of superstructure peaks as well as the preferred orientation along (0 0 1) plane observed in the X-ray diffraction (XRD) study is well supported by the magnetic measurements. These annealed Pt/Fe₃Pt structures show high magnetocrystalline anisotropy and the presence of hard phase with a coercivity of 8.5 kOe. Here, the annealing process allows the adjacent Pt atoms to diffuse into the Fe₃Pt unit cells and triggers the structural transformation to chemically ordered L1₀ phase. An additional L1 ₂ phase is observed in the annealed Fe₃Pt thin films with Pt overlayer and underlayer (Pt/Fe₃Pt/Pt) tri-layered structures.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	408-417
Number of pages	10
Journal	Superlattices and Microstructures
Volume	64
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spmi.2013.10.006
Publication status	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Anisotropy
L1 phase FePt thin films
Magnetocrystalline
Superlattice

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Materials Science(all)
Condensed Matter Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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