Abstract
CoPtCr composite thin films were produced by cosputtering nonmagnetic compounds such as SiO/sub 2/, SiN, ZrO/sub 2/, and SiC. These films were prepared without using any underlayer. It was found that the magnetic properties of CoPtCr alloys, such as the in-plane coercivity H/sub c/ and coercivity squareness S*, were significantly improved by admixing nonmagnetic compounds. CoPtCr+SiO/sub 2/ (10 vol.%) composite films were obtained showing a high coercivity of more than 2 kOe for a thickness of 25 nm, without using an underlayer. Torque magnetometer and X-ray pole figure measurements revealed that, when SiO/sub 2/ is admixed, the c-axis of CoPtCr films tends to decline toward the in-plane direction, as a result of the increase of the in-plane anisotropy. From the experimental results of magnetic recording, it was found that the media noise of CoPtCr films was reduced by admixing SiO/sub 2/.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
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