Abstract
It is found that the exchange field produced at the NiFe-TbCo interface has a maximum value at a TbCo layer composition of 27.5%. When proper sputtering conditions are used, this deposited composition produces an exchange field as large as 500 Oe when the layer is coupled to a 370-AA Permalloy layer. Torque and VSM data indicate that the TbCo layers have both in-plane and perpendicular anisotropy components and that the in-plane M-H loops of films that produce the maximum exchange field are square. A linear decrease in exchange field is observed as the NiFe layer thickness increases. The exchange field is independent of the TbCo layer thickness in the range of 1000-4000 AA. Films with a 500-AA layer of TbCo exhibited a greatly reduced exchange effect. A preliminary 500-AA-thick 128- mu m*20- mu m permalloy head biased with 2000 AA of TbCo exhibited at Delta R/R of 1.45%. The hard-axis coercivity is negligibly small ( 1 MHz. >
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