Abstract
The effect of thickness and annealing temperature on the room-temperature magnetic properties of ultrathin γ-Fe2O3 films grown on silicon substrate were investigated. Ultrathin γ-Fe2O 3 films were grown on silicon substrates by ion beam sputtering. The saturation magnetization and coercive force of samples at room temperature increase with increasing of annealing temperature and decrease at annealing temperatures above 600°C. The saturation magnetization of samples at room temperature decreases with increasing of γ-Fe2O3 thickness. The γ-Fe2O3 samples about 3-6 nm thick annealed at 600°C show saturation magnetization of about 360-410 emu/cm 3, which is close to the bulk value of about 390 emu/cm3 within the error range.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 2279932 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Magnetics |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - Jan 2014 |
Keywords
- Annealing temperature
- Magnetic properties
- Silicon substrate
- Thickness