Local modifications of magnetism and structure in FePt (001) epitaxial thin films by focused ion beam: Two-dimensional perpendicular patterns

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Albertini, F. [1 ]
Nasi, L. [1 ]
Casoli, F. [1 ]
Fabbrici, S. [1 ]
Luches, P. [2 ]
Gazzadi, G. C. [2 ]
di Bona, A. [2 ]
Vavassori, P. [2 ,3 ,4 ]
Valeri, S. [2 ,5 ]
Contri, S. F. [2 ,5 ]
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[1] CNR, IMEM, I-43010 Parma, Italy
[2] INFM, CNR, S3, I-41100 Modena, Italy
[3] Univ Ferrara, Dipartimento Fis, I-41100 Modena, Italy
[4] CIC NanoGUNE Consolider, E-20009 San Sebastian, Spain
[5] Univ Modena, Dipartimento Fis, I-41100 Modena, Italy
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10.1063/1.2975217
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Focused ion beam was utilized to locally modify magnetism and structure of L1(0) FePt perpendicular thin films. As a first step, we have performed a magnetic, morphological, and structural study of completely irradiated FePt films with different Ga+ doses (1 x 10(13) -4 x 10(16) ions/cm(2)) and ion beam energy of 30 keV. For doses of 1 x 10(14) ions/cm(2) and above a complete transition from the ordered L1(0) to the disordered At phase was found to occur, resulting in a drop of magnetic anisotropy and in the consequent moment reorientation from out-of-plane to in-plane. The lowest effective dose in disordering the structure (1 x 10(14) ions/cm(2)) was found not to affect the film morphology. Taking advantage of these results, continuous two-dimensional (2D) patterns of perpendicular magnetic structures (250 nm dots, 1 mu m dots, 1 mu m-large stripes) were produced by focused ion beam without affecting the morphology. The 2D patterns were revealed by means of magnetic force microscopy, that evidenced peculiar domain structures in the case of I Am dots. (C) 2008 American Institute of Physics.
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