Formation of Chemically Ordered L10(FePt) Phase in a Nanosize Film Composition of Fe50Pt50 (15 nm)/Au(30 nm)/Fe50Pt50 (15 nm) at Annealing in Vacuum
Yu. M. Makogon, O. P. Pavlova, S. I. Sidorenko, T. I. Verbyts’ka, M. Yu. Verbyts’ka, O. V. Figurna
National Technical University of Ukraine ‘KPI’, 37 Peremohy Ave., 03056 Kyiv, Ukraine
Received: 25.02.2014. Download: PDF
Effect of addition of intermediate Au layer with thickness of 30 nm in nanoscale film composition (NFC) Fe50Pt50 (15 nm)/Au (30 nm)/Fe50Pt50 (15 nm) on SiO2 (100 nm)/Si(001) substrates on the diffusion-controlled phase-formation processes–transformation of chemically-disordered soft magnetic А1(FePt) phase into chemically-ordered hard magnetic L10(FePt) phase under annealing in a vacuum at temperature of 600°C during various time intervals is investigated by the methods of physical materials science: X-ray phase analysis and magnetic-properties’ measuring on SQUID (superconducting quantum interference device). As revealed, the А1(FePt) → L10(FePt) phase transformation in Fe50Pt50 (15 nm)/Au (30 nm)/Fe50Pt50 (15 nm) NFC begins at temperature of 600°C for annealing duration of 30 s, which is lower by 100°C in comparison with Fe50Pt50 alloy film. During thermal treatment, Au atoms diffuse along grain boundaries of L10(FePt) phase restricting their growth and magnetic interaction. This is accompanied by increasing of coercive force, but isotropy of magnetic properties is saved independently on magnetic-field direction.
Key words: magnetic properties, chemically ordered L10(FePt) phase, intermediate Au layer, annealing.
URL: http://mfint.imp.kiev.ua/en/abstract/v36/i11/1513.html
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/mfint.36.11.1513
PACS: 66.30.Pa, 68.55.-a, 75.50.Ss, 75.50.Vv, 75.70.Cn, 81.40.Ef, 81.40.Rs
Citation: Yu. M. Makogon, O. P. Pavlova, S. I. Sidorenko, T. I. Verbyts’ka, M. Yu. Verbyts’ka, and O. V. Figurna, Formation of Chemically Ordered L10(FePt) Phase in a Nanosize Film Composition of Fe50Pt50 (15 nm)/Au(30 nm)/Fe50Pt50 (15 nm) at Annealing in Vacuum, Metallofiz. Noveishie Tekhnol., 36, No. 11: 1513—1522 (2014) (in Ukrainian)