CO-SM((1)OVER-BAR-100)[0001] /CR((1)OVER-BAR-21)[(1)OVER-BAR-01] EPITAXY AND ITS EFFECTS ON MAGNETIC-PROPERTIES OF CO-SM//CR FILMS/

Authors
LIU Y SELLMYER DJ ROBERTSON BW
Citation
Y. Liu et al., CO-SM((1)OVER-BAR-100)[0001] /CR((1)OVER-BAR-21)[(1)OVER-BAR-01] EPITAXY AND ITS EFFECTS ON MAGNETIC-PROPERTIES OF CO-SM//CR FILMS/, Journal of applied physics, 79(8), 1996, pp. 5333-5335
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Journal of applied physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00218979
Volume
79
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Part
2A
Pages
5333 - 5335
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8979(1996)79:8<5333:C/E>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
It is well known that the Cr underlayer plays a critical role in gener ating large in-plane coercivity in Go-based magnetic thin films. In th is paper we report in detail the Co-Sm (<(1)over bar 100>)[0001]//Cr ( <(1)over bar 2>(1) over bar)[<(1)over bar 01>] epitaxy revealed by hig h resolution electron microscopy. The lattice mismatch between Co-Sm ( <(1)over bar 100>) and Cr(<(1)over bar 2>(1) over bar) is less than 2% , suggesting an energetically favorable configuration. The high anisot ropy observed in Co-Sm films is discussed by this epitaxial relation. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.