Journal of the Magnetics Society of Japan
Online ISSN : 1882-2932
Print ISSN : 1882-2924
ISSN-L : 1882-2924
Volume 42, Issue 4
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Thin Films, Fine Particles, Multilayers, Superlattices
  • K. Watanabe, H. Makuta, M. Doi, T. Shima
    2018Volume 42Issue 4 Pages 96-101
    Published: July 01, 2018
    Released on J-STAGE: July 01, 2018
    Advance online publication: June 08, 2018
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      The crystal structure and magnetic properties of D022-Mn3Ge thin films with a high perpendicular magnetic anisotropy constant (Ku) and a low magnetization (Ms) were investigated. D022-Mn3Ge thin films were grown on the single crystal of MgO (100) substrates with Cr buffer layer using alternate sputtering method. The MnxGe thin films were prepared as [Mnx/Ge]n multilayers (2.8 ≤ x ≤ 3.7) (1 ≤ n ≤ 30). We tried to fabricate D022-Mn3Ge that shows a high Ku value of over 1.0×107 erg/cm3 and a low Ms value of approximately 100 emu/cm3 by the modulation of composition between Mn layer and Ge layer. As a result, D022-Mn3Ge thin film with a high perpendicular magnetic anisotropy constant (Ku ~ ca. 1.0×107 erg/cm3), a low saturation magnetization (Ms = 119 emu/cm3) and good squareness from [Mn3.5/Ge]15 (Ts = 450ºC, Ta = 500ºC) multilayered film was obtained. Almost same magnetic properties were observed for the films of at n = 20, 25 without post annealing compared with the film annealed at Ta = 500ºC. It is confirmed that increase of the repetition number n by the alternate sputtering method has a same effect of post annealing at 500ºC.

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