Sputtered FeCoN Soft Magnetic Thin Films with High Resistivity

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3559-3562

  Jiang, Hai ^a   Chen, Yingjian ^a   Lian, Guoda ^b  

^a WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

FeCo; High moment materials; Soft magnetic thin films

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; COERCIVE FORCE; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IRON COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC THIN FILMS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NITROGEN; SPUTTERING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

HIGH MOMENT MATERIALS; SPUTTERING PRESSURE;

SOFT MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0346276804     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2003.812715     Document Type: Article

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