TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation of thickness of initial growth layer in CoCr-based perpendicular media by perpendicular torquemetry
AU - Saito, Shin
AU - Hoshi, Fumikazu
AU - Takahashi, Migaku
PY - 2002/5/15
Y1 - 2002/5/15
N2 - Quantitative evaluation of the initial growth layer thickness was performed by using perpendicular torquemetry. It was clarified that: (1) The thickness of the initial growth layer becomes thicker by the increment of the content of Cr, Ta, or B additional element for CoCrPt(B,Ta) media. In the case of CoCr 16Pt 8B x media, with increasing x from 0 to 8 at.%, the initial growth layer thickness was increased from 1.5 to 2.2 nm. In the case of CoCr 16Pt 8Ta y media, with increasing y from 0 to 4 at.%, the initial growth layer thickness was increased from 1.5 to 4.8 nm. In the case of CoCr zPt 8B 4 media, with increasing z from 16 to 24 at.%, the initial growth layer thickness was increased from 1.6 to 2.6 nm; (2) In the CoCrPtB medium, the initial growth region is relatively thin, and c-plane oriented fine grains with homogeneous columnar structure are realized. On the other hand for the CoCrPtTa medium, the initial growth region is relatively thick, and the grain size distribution and surface roughness is large due to selective grain growth; (3) The CoCrPtB magnetic film grew epitaxially on the CoCr/C/Ti underlayer. The perpendicular squareness of CoCrPtB/CoCr/C/Ti epitaxial medium was improved up to 0.88 and was maintained even for the d mag=30nm.
AB - Quantitative evaluation of the initial growth layer thickness was performed by using perpendicular torquemetry. It was clarified that: (1) The thickness of the initial growth layer becomes thicker by the increment of the content of Cr, Ta, or B additional element for CoCrPt(B,Ta) media. In the case of CoCr 16Pt 8B x media, with increasing x from 0 to 8 at.%, the initial growth layer thickness was increased from 1.5 to 2.2 nm. In the case of CoCr 16Pt 8Ta y media, with increasing y from 0 to 4 at.%, the initial growth layer thickness was increased from 1.5 to 4.8 nm. In the case of CoCr zPt 8B 4 media, with increasing z from 16 to 24 at.%, the initial growth layer thickness was increased from 1.6 to 2.6 nm; (2) In the CoCrPtB medium, the initial growth region is relatively thin, and c-plane oriented fine grains with homogeneous columnar structure are realized. On the other hand for the CoCrPtTa medium, the initial growth region is relatively thick, and the grain size distribution and surface roughness is large due to selective grain growth; (3) The CoCrPtB magnetic film grew epitaxially on the CoCr/C/Ti underlayer. The perpendicular squareness of CoCrPtB/CoCr/C/Ti epitaxial medium was improved up to 0.88 and was maintained even for the d mag=30nm.
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U2 - 10.1063/1.1452270
DO - 10.1063/1.1452270
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0037095173
VL - 91
SP - 8028
EP - 8030
JO - Journal of Applied Physics
JF - Journal of Applied Physics
SN - 0021-8979
IS - 10 I
ER -