<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>NiFeCo granular ferromagnetic thin films were deposited on glass and silicon wafer substrates in thermionic vacuum arc plasma with simultaneous ignition of plasma in Cu and NiFe vapors. The structural and morphological properties of the prepared films were investigated by TEM Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). Elemental composition of the films was revealed after X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy analysis (EDAX). The magneto-optical longitudinal Kerr rotation spectra of the samples were also measured and compared.</p></abstract>

NiFeCo granular ferromagnetic thin films were deposited on glass and silicon wafer substrates in thermionic vacuum arc plasma with simultaneous ignition of plasma in Cu and NiFe vapors. The structural and morphological properties of the prepared films were investigated by TEM Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). Elemental composition of the films was revealed after X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy analysis (EDAX). The magneto-optical longitudinal Kerr rotation spectra of the samples were also measured and compared.

Morphology, microstructure and magnetic properties of thermionic vacuum arc deposited NiFeCu ferromagnetic thin films

University of Constanta, Physics and Electronics Department,124 Mamaia Blvd, 900527 Constanta, Romania

National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Magurele-Bucharest, 077125 Romania

Metav-CD S.A., Bucharest, 050025, Romania

Ovidius University Annals of Chemistry

NiFeCo granular ferromagnetic thin films were deposited on glass and silicon wafer substrates in thermionic vacuum arc plasma with simultaneous ignition of...

Morphology, microstructure and magnetic properties of thermionic vacuum arc deposited NiFeCu ferromagnetic thin films

Published Online: Mar 22, 2013

Page range: 21 - 26

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10310-012-0002-9

Keywords
TVA method, HRTEM, MOKE measurements

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Morphology, microstructure and magnetic properties of thermionic vacuum arc deposited NiFeCu ferromagnetic thin films

Published Online: Mar 22, 2013

Page range: 21 - 26

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10310-012-0002-9

KeywordsTVA method, HRTEM, MOKE measurements

This content is open access.

Keywords
TVA method, HRTEM, MOKE measurements