Magnetic and Magneto-Optical Properties of Mn_xCuBi ( x =0.75 - 3.5 ) Films

Authors

Jian Chen, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
K. Wierman, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Roger D. Kirby, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
David J. Sellmyer, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

November 1995

Comments

Published in IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS, VOL. 31, NO. 6 (1995). 0018-9464/95$04.00 © 1995 IEEE. Used by permission.

Abstract

Magnetic and magneto-optical properties of Mn_xCuBi ( x = 0.75 - 3.5) thin films are presented. With increasing Mn concentration x, the perpendicular anisotropy constant (K_u the remanence squareness (S = M_r/M_s) and the coercivity (H_c)the perpendicular hysteresis loop increase. Remanence squareness as high as 0.95 has been obtained. Kerr rotation (θ_k) and ellipticity (η_k) spectra from all samples measured from substrate side are similar, with θ_k exhibiting a broad peak in the blue wavelength region with maximum Kerr rotation up to 0.7 degrees.