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High /sub i/H/sub c/ perpendicular anisotropy Nd-Fe-B sputtered films

Conference · · IEEE Trans. Magn.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6806802

Film samples of Nd/sub 2/Fe/sub 14/B which exhibit perpendicular anisotropy have been synthesized by selectively thermalized sputtering onto heated substrates. Minor hysteresis loops measured with fields up to 20 kOe perpendicular to the film plane exhibited a remanent moment of 9.3 kG and an intrinsic coercive force, /sub i/H/sub c/, of 14.8 kOe at room temperature. The easy axis of magnetization was perpendicular to the film plane which correlated with a preferential texturing of the c-axis out of the film plane as observed by x-ray diffraction. Effective large perpendicular anisotropy constants of 1.2 x 10/sup 7/ erg/cc have been observed. Films sputtered at deposition rates lower than 1.8 A/sec exhibited perpendicular anisotropy while those deposited at rates greater than this exhibited in the plane anisotropy.

Research Organization:
Phys. Dept., Queens College of CUNY, Flushing, NY 11367
OSTI ID:
6806802
Report Number(s):
CONF-860436-
Journal Information:
IEEE Trans. Magn.; (United States), Journal Name: IEEE Trans. Magn.; (United States) Vol. MAG-22:5; ISSN IEMGA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English