INFLUENCE OF MAGNETIC-ANISOTROPY DISTRIBUTION ON INTERACTIONS IN CO-CR-TA THIN-FILMS

In-plane remanence properties of Co-Cr-Ta thin films have been previou sly investigated in order to quantify magnetic interaction effects par allel to, and transverse to, the transfer direction, Samples were prep ared at two deposition rates of the Cr underlayer. Magnetic layers dep osited on high deposition rate Cr underlayer had lower peak heights of Delta I and small coefficients of \d Delta I/dH\max. These properties were investigated for magnetic layer thicknesses between 20 and 100 n m. The magnetic interactions became stronger as the magnetic anisotrop y increased with the decrease of the magnetic layer thickness.