Measurement of magnetization of an obliquely deposited film by using 3-dimensional vector VSM

An obliquely deposited film was experimentally analyzed using a three-dimensional vector vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). Since the M-H loops of the magnetization components orthogonal to the applied field change their signs when the applied field direction crosses the easy or hard direction, detailed information about the magnetic anisotropy can be obtained from the behaviour of the magnetization components. Analysis reveals that the system does not have simple uniaxial anisotropy, but has both oblique uniaxial anisotropy and shape anisotropy