High coercive FePt and FePt-SiNx(001) films with small grain size and narrow opening-up of in-plane hysteresis loop by TiN intermediate layer

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Li, H H ^a   Dong, K F ^a   Peng, Y G ^b   Ju, G ^b   Chow, G M ^a   Chen, J S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEPT FILMS; GRAIN SIZE; IN-PLANE HYSTERESIS LOOPS; INTERMEDIATE LAYERS; MAGNETIC DEAD LAYERS; MAGNETIC LAYERS; OUT-OF-PLANE COERCIVITY; SMALL GRAIN SIZE; TIN LAYERS; UNDERLAYERS;

COERCIVE FORCE; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HYSTERESIS; HYSTERESIS LOOPS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; SILICON NITRIDE; TITANIUM NITRIDE;

SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

EID: 80052410756     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3624910     Document Type: Article

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