FeAl underlayers for CoCrPt thin film longitudinal media
- Data Storage Systems Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 (United States)
B2 ordered FeAl films with a small, uniform grain size have been produced by rf diode sputter deposition on glass substrates. CoCrPt films grown on FeAl underlayers were found to have the (10{bar 1}0) lamellar texture. The in-plane coercivities (H{sub c}) of the CoCrPt/FeAl films are comparable to those of the CoCrPt/Cr films and they can be further improved by inserting a thin Cr intermediate layer between the CoCrPt and the FeAl layers. By employing a MgO seed layer or a (002) textured Cr seed layer, (001) textured FeAl can be obtained. However, the (001) FeAl underlayer only induces a weak (11{bar 2}0) textured CoCrPt. Thus no improvement in H{sub c} over those produced on unseeded FeAl underlayers was observed. {copyright} {ital 1997 American Institute of Physics.}
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-90ER45423
- OSTI ID:
- 565297
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-961141--
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 81; ISSN JAPIAU; ISSN 0021-8979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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