Correlation between pass-through flux of cobalt target and microstructure and magnetic properties of sputtered thin films
来源期刊：Rare Metals2021年第4期
论文作者：Xiu-Lan Xu Qian-Ming Huang Guo-Nan Feng Gang Han Qi-Xun Guo Xiao-Dong Xiong Xin He Jun-Feng Luo Rong-Ming Wang Chun Feng Guang-Hua Yu
文章页码：975 - 980
摘 要：Cobalt thin films were deposited on silicon substrates by magnetron sputtering two commercial cobalt targets with different pass-through fluxes（PTFs）.The influences of PTF on the magnetic properties of sputtered thin films were investigated.The results indicate that under the same sputtering conditions,cobalt thin film deposited by Co target with high PTF（84.21%） has lower remanence ratio（0.65）,while cobalt thin film prepared by Co target with low PTF（69.13%） has higher remanence ratio（0.87）.Through introducing an external magnetic field parallel to the film surface during sputtering processes,both the remanence ratios of cobalt thin films prepared by the two targets can be enhanced to approach 1.High-resolution transmission electron microscopy（HRTEM） images show that in the absence of the external magnetic field during sputtering,cobalt thin film deposited by the target with high PTF is randomly oriented in crystallographic orientations,which is due to that Co atoms have no enough time to migrate and diffuse on substrate and the atomic stacking is disordered.It is worth mentioning that crystallographic orientations of cobalt thin film deposited by target with low PTF are relatively consistent,resulting in relatively higher remanence ratio.In addition,HRTEM analysis indicates that the external magnetic field during sputtering drives the Co grains to arrange in a regular order with（002） orientation,leading to the improvement in remanence ratios.
Xiu-Lan Xu1，Qian-Ming Huang2，Guo-Nan Feng1，Gang Han1，Qi-Xun Guo1，Xiao-Dong Xiong3，Xin He3，Jun-Feng Luo3，Rong-Ming Wang2，Chun Feng1，Guang-Hua Yu1,4
1. School of Materials Science and Engineering,University of Science and Technology Beijing2. School of Mathematics and Physics,University of Science and Technology Beijing3. Grikin Advanced Materials Co.,Ltd4. Beijing Laboratory of Metallic Materials and Processing for Modern Transportation,University of Science and Technology Beijing
摘 要：Cobalt thin films were deposited on silicon substrates by magnetron sputtering two commercial cobalt targets with different pass-through fluxes（PTFs）.The influences of PTF on the magnetic properties of sputtered thin films were investigated.The results indicate that under the same sputtering conditions,cobalt thin film deposited by Co target with high PTF（84.21%） has lower remanence ratio（0.65）,while cobalt thin film prepared by Co target with low PTF（69.13%） has higher remanence ratio（0.87）.Through introducing an external magnetic field parallel to the film surface during sputtering processes,both the remanence ratios of cobalt thin films prepared by the two targets can be enhanced to approach 1.High-resolution transmission electron microscopy（HRTEM） images show that in the absence of the external magnetic field during sputtering,cobalt thin film deposited by the target with high PTF is randomly oriented in crystallographic orientations,which is due to that Co atoms have no enough time to migrate and diffuse on substrate and the atomic stacking is disordered.It is worth mentioning that crystallographic orientations of cobalt thin film deposited by target with low PTF are relatively consistent,resulting in relatively higher remanence ratio.In addition,HRTEM analysis indicates that the external magnetic field during sputtering drives the Co grains to arrange in a regular order with（002） orientation,leading to the improvement in remanence ratios.
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