Magnetic anisotropy of Co-M-Pt (M = Cr, Mo, Ru, W, Re) perpendicular films deposited on various seed layer materials

H. Sato; T. Shimatsu; Y. Okazaki; O. Kitakami; S. Okamoto; H. Aoi; Muraoka; Y. Nakamura

doi:10.1109/TMAG.2007.892540

Magnetic anisotropy of Co-M-Pt (M = Cr, Mo, Ru, W, Re) perpendicular films deposited on various seed layer materials

H. Sato, T. Shimatsu, Y. Okazaki, O. Kitakami, S. Okamoto, H. Aoi, Muraoka, Y. Nakamura

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The first and second order uniaxial magnetic anisotropy, K_u1 and K_u2, and the saturation magnetization, M_s, of (Co _100-XM_X)_100-YPt_Y perpendicular thin films were examined, in order to improve the magnetic properties of CoCrPt-SiO₂ media by replacing Cr with M. Fourteen kinds of M elements were examined, but we mainly focus on films with M = Cr, Mo, Ru, W and Re in this paper, since the other elements significantly reduced K_u1, K_u2 or the K_u /M_s ratio. The use of the M elements, instead of Cr, did not result in any significant increase in the values of K_u1, K_u2, and the K_u/M_s ratio. On the other hand, K_u1 and K_u2 of CoPt binary films had a greater dependence on the seed layer materials used (Ru, Pd, Re, Pt, Au, Ir and Cu). The c/a ratio of the hcp-CoPt lattice varied significantly with the seed layer materials used probably due to the epitaxial growth of CoPt. K _u1 decreased and K_u2 increased as the c/a ratio increased. The use of specific seed layer materials was more effective at controlling the magnetic anisotropy of CoPt based perpendicular thin films, rather than the addition of M element to the CoPt.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2106-2108
Number of pages	3
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
Volume	43
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TMAG.2007.892540
Publication status	Published - 2007 Jun

Keywords

C/a ratio
CopT based ternary alloy perpendicular films
Perpendicular recording media
Saturation magnetization
Seed layers
Uniaxial magnetic anisotropy energy

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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