SURFACE ANISOTROPY IN AMORPHOUS TB-FE/AL2O3 MULTILAYERS

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KRISHNAN, R
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[1] Laboratoire de Magnétisme Matériaux Magnétiques, CNRS
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10.1016/0304-8853(92)91031-N
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T [工业技术];
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We have studied the anisotropy in Tb-Fe/Al2O3 multilayers prepared by rf sputtering. These samples are amorphous. The perpendicular M - H loops are rectangular and the anisotropy is uniaxial. The product of the effective anisotropy K(eff).t(Tb-Fe) shows a linear dependence with t(Tb-Fe) as normally found for the superlattices yielding the bulk and surface anisotropies of + 1.5 x 10(6) erg cm3 and -0.15 erg cm2, respectively. This is, in our opinion, the first time that a surface anisotropy has been found in such a totally amorphous multilayer. The results are discussed.
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