Thickness Dependent Surface Topography, Magnetic Properties and Magnetic Domain Structure of Amorphous FeTaC Thin Films

Autor: Thiruvengadam Vijayabaskaran, Perumal Alagarsamy, Jumal Das, Camelia Das, Jyoti Ranjan Mohanty, A. Talapatra, Subhankar Bedanta
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Journal of Material Science & Engineering.
ISSN: 2169-0022
DOI: 10.4172/2169-0022.1000455
Popis: We report systematic investigation of thickness dependent surface topography, magnetic properties and magnetic domain structures of amorphous Fe80Ta8C12 (x nm) films with x=5–100 nm. All the as-deposited films fabricated directly on thermally oxidized Si substrate at ambient temperature using magnetron sputtering technique exhibit amorphous structure. The structural studies reveal that island-like structure in ultra-thin films transforms into continuous one with increasing x>10. In addition, the average surface roughness increases with increasing x, but without any systematic dependency on x. Room temperature magnetic properties illustrate that the paramagnetic nature observed for films with x 97%), low coercivity (HC 3.5 kA/m) and HS (>40 kA/m) and reduced MR/MS (
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