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Erschienen in: Journal of Materials Science 5/2021

29.10.2020 | Metals & corrosion

Fabrication of TbFeCo alloy films with tunable perpendicular coercivity evaluated by extraordinary Hall effect measurements

verfasst von: Ke Wang, Yongming Tang, Xiaopeng Xiao, Zhan Xu, Jian Liu

Erschienen in: Journal of Materials Science | Ausgabe 5/2021

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Abstract

Rare-earth transition metal (RE-TM) TbFeCo alloy films with adjustable perpendicular switching field and anisotropy are desirable for the applications in high-density spintronic devices. A series of TbFeCo alloy films are fabricated by sputtering a composite target method. The perpendicular magnetic properties of the ferrimagnetic TbFeCo films are investigated by Extraordinary Hall effect (EHE) measurements. With increasing either sputtering power or gas flow rate film composition shifting from FeCo-rich to Tb-rich side is observed and the orientation of magnetic easy axis changing from in-plane, tilted to out-of-plane direction is witnessed. Pronounced change in magnetic properties particularly the coercivity of TbFeCo films is demonstrated, in line with the increased Tb-to-FeCo ratio of the alloy films. It shows TbFeCo films with desirable coercivity can be achieved by proper combination of sputtering power and flow rate. Our work provides an efficient way in tuning the PMA of the sputtered TbFeCo films during the growth and may be used as guidance for designing TbFeCo-based spintronic devices.

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Metadaten
Titel
Fabrication of TbFeCo alloy films with tunable perpendicular coercivity evaluated by extraordinary Hall effect measurements
verfasst von
Ke Wang
Yongming Tang
Xiaopeng Xiao
Zhan Xu
Jian Liu
Publikationsdatum
29.10.2020
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Journal of Materials Science / Ausgabe 5/2021
Print ISSN: 0022-2461
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-4803
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-020-05487-5

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