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L10 Ordering of FePtB Films on a Thin MgO Layer

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Published 19 January 2011 ©2011 The Japan Society of Applied Physics
, , Citation Gyung-Min Choi et al 2011 Appl. Phys. Express 4 023001 DOI 10.1143/APEX.4.023001

1882-0786/4/2/023001

Abstract

A strong perpendicular magnetic anisotropy is obtained in MgO/FePtB/Ti films. After high-temperature (600 °C) annealing, an amorphous FePtB layer on a thin polycrystalline MgO layer is transformed into an L10 ordered phase with a long range ordering parameter of 0.9 and an effective magnetic anisotropy of 1.29×107 erg/cm3. The depth profile of the atomic concentration reveals that the Ti capping layer absorbs boron from the FePtB layer during the annealing. The high-resolution electron microscopy analysis shows that the crystallized FePtB layer has an epitaxial relationship with the underlying MgO layer.

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