Title :
Thermally stable high moment FeCo/IrMn soft underlayers for perpendicular media
Author :
Jung, H.S. ; Doyle, W.D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Alabama Univ., Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
fDate :
March 30 2003-April 3 2003
Abstract :
In this paper, it is shown that Ta/Cu underlayers significantly improve the crystallinity in [111] IrMn and [110] FeCo resulting in improved thermal stability of soft multilayers.
Keywords :
cobalt alloys; copper; ferromagnetic materials; interface structure; iridium alloys; iron alloys; magnetic moments; magnetic multilayers; magnetic thin films; manganese alloys; metallic thin films; soft magnetic materials; tantalum; thermal stability; FeCo-IrMn-Ta-Cu; Ta/Cu underlayers; crystallinity; moment FeCo/IrMn soft underlayers; perpendicular media; soft multilayers; thermal stability; Lungs; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Magnetics Conference, 2003. INTERMAG 2003. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7647-1
DOI :
10.1109/INTMAG.2003.1230297
