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2009 , Vol. 24 >Issue 3: 595 - 598

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3724/sp.j.1077.2009.00595

Research Paper

Effect of Anodized Aluminum Oxide Underlayer on the Magnetic Properties and Structure of Smtbco Magnetic Films

  • JIN Fang ,
  • LI Zuo-Yi ,
  • YAN Jun-Bing ,
  • LIN Geng-Qi
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  • 1. Faculty of Mechanical & Electronic Information, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China; 2. Department of Electronic Science & Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

Received date: 2008-08-11

  Revised date: 2008-09-28

  Online published: 2009-05-20

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Abstract

A self-ordered hexagonal array of nanopore was fabricated by anodizing a thin film of Al on glass and subsequently SmTbCo perpendicular thin film was prepared on the AAO underlayer by magnetron sputtering. The vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) measurement reveals that introducing anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) underlayer can increase the coercivity of SmTbCo thin film from 370kA/m to 530kA/m. With the decrease of hole diameter of AAO underlayer, the coercivity and remanence squareness ratio of SmTbCo magnetic thin film are increased. SEM observations indicate that the SmTbCo thin film deposited on the AAO underlayer consists of a column structure which is attributed to the AAO underlayer selfordered hexagonal array of nanopore structure, The enhancement of coercivity caused by heterogeneous structure extends SmTbCo thin film’s application in super high density perpendicular magnetic recording.

Key words： anodized aluminum oxide (AAO); perpendicular magnetic film; rare earthtransition metal(RE-TM); SmTbCo/AAO thin film

Cite this article

JIN Fang , LI Zuo-Yi , YAN Jun-Bing , LIN Geng-Qi . Effect of Anodized Aluminum Oxide Underlayer on the Magnetic Properties and Structure of Smtbco Magnetic Films[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2009 , 24(3) : 595 -598 . DOI: 10.3724/sp.j.1077.2009.00595

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