Magnetic and structural properties of (Co1−xFex)Pt thin films

Abstract

( Co 1−x Fe x ) Pt films were grown on a glass substrate by a rf sputtering and then annealed at 650–700 °C in a high vacuum. All the as-sputtered (Co1−xFex)Pt films deposited below 400 °C had a disordered structure and showed very low coercivities. With increasing the deposition temperature and Fe contents, the (111) texture was weakened in as-deposited (Co1−xFex)Pt ternary films. Vibrating sample magnetometer and x-ray diffraction data show that Co atoms in the L10 CoPt phase were substituted with Fe atoms. In-plane coercivities of these films decreased almost linearly with increasing Fe content which seemed to be due to the decrease of a crystalline anisotropy energy.