Extraordinarily large perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in epitaxially strained cobalt-ferrite CoxFe3−xO4(001) (x = 0.75, 1.0) thin films

Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) of cobalt-ferrite CoxFe3-xO4 (x = 0.75 and 1.0) epitaxial thin films grown on MgO (001) by a reactive magnetron sputtering technique was investigated. The saturation magnetization was found to be 430 emu/cm3 for x = 0.75, which is comparable to that of bulk Co...

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Published in:Applied physics letters 2013-10, Vol.103 (16)
Main Authors: Niizeki, Tomohiko, Utsumi, Yuji, Aoyama, Ryohei, Yanagihara, Hideto, Inoue, Jun-ichiro, Yamasaki, Yuichi, Nakao, Hironori, Koike, Kazuyuki, Kita, Eiji
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Language:English
Subjects:
Constants
Diffraction
Epitaxial growth
Extrapolation
Magnesium oxide
Magnetic anisotropy
Saturation (magnetic)
Thin films
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Summary:Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) of cobalt-ferrite CoxFe3-xO4 (x = 0.75 and 1.0) epitaxial thin films grown on MgO (001) by a reactive magnetron sputtering technique was investigated. The saturation magnetization was found to be 430 emu/cm3 for x = 0.75, which is comparable to that of bulk CoFe2O4 (425 emu/cm3). Torque measurements afforded PMA constants of Kueff=9.0 Merg/cm3 (Ku=10.0 Merg/cm3) and Kueff=9.7 Merg/cm3 for x = 0.75 and 1.0, respectively. The value of Kueff extrapolated using Miyajima's plot was as high as 14.7 Merg/cm3 for x = 1.0. The in-plane four-fold magnetic anisotropy was evaluated to be 1.6 Merg/cm3 for x = 0.75. X-ray diffraction measurement revealed our films to be pseudomorphically strained on MgO (001) with a Poisson ratio of 0.4, leading to a considerable in-plane tensile strain by which the extraordinarily large PMA could be accounted for.
ISSN:0003-6951
1077-3118
DOI:10.1063/1.4824761