Co-Mo and Co-Mo-Cr alloy thin films promising for magnetic recording

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 918-920

  Qin, G W ^a   Oikawa, K ^a   Sato, M ^b   Kitakami, O ^b   Shimada, Y ^b   Fukamichi, K ^b   Ishida, K ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Co Mo; Magnetic anisotropy; Magnetic recording; Phase separation

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; COBALT ALLOYS; COMPOSITION; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC RECORDING; PHASE SEPARATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CO-MO ALLOYS; FIRST ORDER ANISOTROPY; UNDERLAYERS; VIBRATING SAMPLE MAGNETOMETER (VSM);

THIN FILMS;

EID: 14544283278     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2004.842122     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. H. N. Bertram and M. Williams, "SNR and density limit estimates: A comparison of longitudinal and perpendicular recording," IEEE Trans. Magn., vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 4-9, Jan. 2000.
2. D. Weller and M. F. Doerner, "Extremely high-density longitudinal magnetic recording media," Annu. Rev. Mater. Sci., vol. 30, pp. 611-644, 2000.
3. G. W. Qin, K. Oikawa, R. Kainuma, and K. Ishida, "Magnetically induced phase separation in the Co-Cr binary system," J. Magn. Magn. Mater., vol. 234, pp. L1-L5, 2001.
4. K. Oikawa, G. W. Qin, O. Kitakami, Y. Shimada, K. Fukamichi, and K. Ishida, "Magnetically induced phase separation and magnetic properties of Co-Mo hexagonal-close-packed structure thin films," Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 83, no. 5, pp. 966-968, 2003.
5. Y. Endo, O. Kitakami, S. Okamoto, and Y. Shimada, "Determination of first and second magnetic anisotropy constants of magnetic recording media," Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 77, pp. 1672-1689, 2000.
6. P. Villar and L. D. Calvert, Pearson's Handbook of Crystallographic Data for Intermetallic Phases. New York: ASM, 1991, vol. 2, p. 2500.
7. N. Inaba and M. Futamoto, "Effects of Pt and Ta addition on compositional microstructure of CoCr-alloy thin film media," J. Appl. Phys., vol. 87, pp. 6863-6865, 2000.
8. O. Kitakami, N. Kikuchi, N. Okamoto, S. Shimada, K. Oikawa, Y. Otani, and K. Fukamichi, "Effects of Pt and Ta on the magnetic anisotropy of Co and Co-Cr thin films," J. Magn. Magn. Mater., vol. 202, pp. 305-310, 1999.
9. N. Kikuchi, O. Kitakami, S. Okamoto, Y. Shimada, A. Sakuma, Y. Otani, and K. Fukamichi, "Influence of 5-D transition elements on the magnetocrystalline anisotropy of hcp-Co," J. Phys. Condens. Matter., vol. 11, pp. L485-L490, 1999.
10. C. A. Ross, M. E. Schabes, R. Ranjan, G. Bertero, and T. Chen, "The role of stress-induced anisotropy in longitudinal thin film magnetic recording media," J. Appl. Phys., vol. 79, pp. 5342-5344, 1996.