Magnetic nanoparticle array with perpendicular crystal magnetic anisotropy
- 15 June 1999
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 85 (12) , 8327-8331
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.370678
Abstract
By using electron beam lithography, a continuous CoCrPt film with a perpendicular crystal magnetic anisotropy has been patterned into a magnetic nanoparticle array of 29 Gdot/in.2 with a 150 nm period, an 80 nm diameter, and a 44 nm height. Studies of magnetic properties using a magnetic force microscope and a vibrating sample magnetometer show that this patterning increases the remanent-to-saturation magnetization ratio from 0.2 of the continuous film to 1 of the particles, and that each particle has a single magnetic domain with perpendicular anisotropy. The application of this array to future high density magnetic recording media is discussed.This publication has 28 references indexed in Scilit:
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