Mc. Contreras et al., CHARACTERIZATION OF LOCAL ANISOTROPY AND ANISOTROPY DISPERSION OF AMORPHOUS COZR-RE WITH RARE-EARTH RE=PR AND ND, Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials, 144, 1995, pp. 339-340
The magnetic properties of rf sputtered amorphous (Co93Zr7)(100-x)(RE)
(x) thin films were investigated where RE = Pr and Nd and for a conten
t of 0 < x < 3.5 by Transverse Biased Initial Susceptibility measureme
nts. Clear relationships could be established between K-u and K-loc. T
he data are discussed in terms of single-ion anisotropy of the RE.