MAGNETIC-PROPERTIES OF TBFEN AMORPHOUS THIN-FILMS

Sputter-deposited TbFeN amorphous thin films were studied as a functio n of the nitrogen content. The magnetic properties, especially the com pensation temperature which results from the balance between two magne tic sublattices, are very sensitive to nitrogen insertion. For increas ing nitrogen concentrations, we found a large decrease in the compensa tion temperature, due to the changes in the atomic environment of the magnetic atoms.