Published March 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Analysis of magnetic anisotropy for Co2Cr0.6Fe0.4Al thin films epitaxially grown on GaAs

  • 1. Division of Electronics for Informatics, Hokkaido University N14, W9, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0814 (Japan)

Description

The structural and magnetic properties of Co2Cr0.6Fe0.4Al (CCFA) thin films epitaxially grown on GaAs substrates by sputtering were investigated. The CCFA film directly grown on GaAs showed a cube-on-cube crystallographic relation, while it was rotated by 45o in the (001) plane when a thin MgO layer was inserted between the CCFA and GaAs. Both samples showed strong magnetic anisotropy, in which a uniaxial anisotropy with an easy axis of [110]GaAs or [1-10]GaAs dominated with a slight cubic anisotropy having easy axes of <110>CCFA superimposed. The uniaxial anisotropy constants were approximately 1.6 times as large as the cubic anisotropy constants for both samples

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jmmm.2006.10.990;
PII
S0304-8853(06)02206-2;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Journal Volume
310
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. e696-e698
ISSN
0304-8853
CODEN
JMMMDC

Conference

Title
17. international conference on magnetism
Dates
20-25 Aug 2006
Place
Kyoto (Japan)

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Copyright (c) 2006 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.