High in-plane magnetic anisotropy and microwave frequency performance of soft magnetic (Fe50Co50)1-x(Al 2O3)x films prepared by modified composition gradient sputtering

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3935-3938

  Li, Shandong ^a,b   Liu, Ming ^b   Lou, J ^b   Xing, X ^b   Su, Zhijuan ^b   Zhou, Ziyao ^b   Xu, Feng ^c   Duh, Jenq Gong ^d   Sun, Nian X ^b  

^a FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Composition gradient sputtering (CGS); high frequency ferromagnetic properties; magnetic anisotropy; soft magnetic films (SMFs)

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; FILM PREPARATION; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC FILMS; SPUTTERING;

ANISOTROPIC FIELDS; COMPOSITION GRADIENT SPUTTERING; FERROMAGNETIC RESONANCE FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY PERFORMANCE; HIGH-FREQUENCY FERROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES; IN-PLANE MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; SOFT MAGNETIC FILMS (SMFS); SOFT MAGNETIC PROPERTIES;

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

EID: 80053510533     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2011.2157312     Document Type: Article

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