Title :
Hardening and application of FePt buffer layers
Author :
Rohde, I. ; Hempel, T. ; Heitman, S. ; Hütten, A. ; Reiss, G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Bielefeld Univ., Germany
fDate :
March 30 2003-April 3 2003
Abstract :
In this paper we focus on the use of FePt as a ferromagnetic biasing buffer layer to GMR sensors in the form of Co/Cu/Co trilayers prepared with Cu spacer layer thickness corresponding to the second antiferromagnetic coupling maximum as to bias magnetic properties of thin FePt films.
Keywords :
coercive force; ferromagnetic materials; iron alloys; magnetic hysteresis; magnetic multilayers; platinum alloys; Co/Cu/Co trilayers; Cu spacer; FePt; FePt buffer layers; GMR sensors; buffer layer; ferromagnetic biasing; hardening; magnetic properties; second antiferromagnetic coupling; Annealing; Buffer layers; Crystallization; Magnetic anisotropy; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic films; Magnetic properties; Optical films; Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; Saturation magnetization;
Conference_Titel :
Magnetics Conference, 2003. INTERMAG 2003. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7647-1
DOI :
10.1109/INTMAG.2003.1230733
