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Oblique-incidence sputtering of Ru intermediate layer for decoupling of intergranular exchange in perpendicular recording media.
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Journal of applied physics [J Appl Phys] 2011 Apr 01; Vol. 109 (7), pp. 7B753-7B7533. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Apr 07. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- During the Ru deposition process for granular type perpendicular magnetic recording media, both a reduction in the Ru intermediate layer thickness and lowering of sputtering gas pressure were successfully achieved by focusing on a self-shadowing effect. Oblique-incidence sputtering with a 60° incident angle under an Ar gas pressure of 0.6 Pa yielded (1) columnar Ru grains with a growth direction of 30° from the film normal, (2) c-plane sheet texture by epitaxial growth on the Pt underlayer, and (3) a flat envelope of the surface and a deep gap at grain boundaries. This change in the Ru structure significantly contributes to reducing exchange coupling among magnetic grains, especially in the initial growth region in an overlying granular medium.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0021-8979
- Volume :
- 109
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of applied physics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 21544214
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3562262