MnGa films were grown by magnetron sputtering on thermally oxidized Si(Si/SiO2) and glass substrates. Films grown on single-crystal Si(100) substrate with different underlayers were prepared for comparison. It is ...MnGa films were grown by magnetron sputtering on thermally oxidized Si(Si/SiO2) and glass substrates. Films grown on single-crystal Si(100) substrate with different underlayers were prepared for comparison. It is found that the Si/SiO2 substrate is more suitable for growing high-coercivity MnGa films than the glass substrate, which is the result of the isolated-island-like growth. A coercivity of 9.7 kOe can be achieved for the 10 nm MnGa films grown on Si/SiO2 substrate at substrate temperature TS of 450 °C.Optimized experimental conditions are specified by changing the thickness of the MnGa films and the temperature of the substrates.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51590883, 51471167, 51271179 and 51571194)the project of Chinese Academy of Sciences with grant number KJZD-EW-M05-3supported by a Joint Research Project from Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning/Korea Research Council for Industrial Science and Technology
文摘MnGa films were grown by magnetron sputtering on thermally oxidized Si(Si/SiO2) and glass substrates. Films grown on single-crystal Si(100) substrate with different underlayers were prepared for comparison. It is found that the Si/SiO2 substrate is more suitable for growing high-coercivity MnGa films than the glass substrate, which is the result of the isolated-island-like growth. A coercivity of 9.7 kOe can be achieved for the 10 nm MnGa films grown on Si/SiO2 substrate at substrate temperature TS of 450 °C.Optimized experimental conditions are specified by changing the thickness of the MnGa films and the temperature of the substrates.