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Structural and magnetic behaviour of DC sputtered Alnico type thin films

D. PĂTROI1,2, M. M. CODESCU2, E. A. PĂTROI2,* , V. MARINESCU2

Affiliation

  1. Politehnica University of Bucharest, Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering 313 Splaiul Independeţei, 060042, Bucharest 6, Romania
  2. National Institute for Research and Development in Electrical Engineering INCDIE ICPE-CA 313 Splaiul Unirii, 030138, Bucharest 3, Romania

Abstract

Hard magnetic thin films of Alnico alloy having different thickness were deposited on a ceramic substrate by dc sputtering. The target was made of commercial Alnico permanent magnet having nominal composition Fe49Co23Al11Ni14Cu3. The amorphicity of as-deposited films has been checked by X-ray diffraction technique. Selected samples have been submitted to a controlled annealing to induce the amorphous-to-crystalline transformation. The influence of thermal treatments on the hysteresis properties has been studied as a function of thickness and microstructure on annealed samples..

Keywords

Alnico, Magnetic thin films, Sputtering.

Citation

D. PĂTROI, M. M. CODESCU, E. A. PĂTROI, V. MARINESCU, Structural and magnetic behaviour of DC sputtered Alnico type thin films, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 5, 10, October 2011, pp.1130-1133 (2011).

Submitted at: Oct. 10, 2011

Accepted at: Oct. 20, 2011