A kind of method that improves metal magnetic multilayer film coercive force
Technical field
The present invention relates to the preparation method of metal magnetic multilayer film, a kind of method of improving the metal magnetic multilayer film magnetic property with antiferromagnet particularly is provided.
Background technology
The metal magnetic multilayer film structure be widely used in magnetic recording information read with memory technology in.For example, people such as Dieny utilize silicon single crystal Si/ tantalum Ta/ ferronickel NiFe/ copper Cu/ ferronickel NiFe/ ferrimanganic FeMn/ tantalum Ta structure to prepare Spin Valve multilayer film (B.Dieny, V.S.Speriosu, J S.Metin, et al.J.Appl.Phys.69,4774 (1991)), this Spin Valve multilayer film is the giant magnetic resistor material of a kind of practicability of developing rapidly the nearly more than ten years, and it has broad application prospects at transmitter, hard disc of computer read head and magneto-resistor random access memory aspects such as (MRAM).The metal magnetic multilayer film structure also has in the memory technology of magnetic recording hard disk very widely to be used, and IBM in 2000 and Fuji Tsu utilize nickel aluminium NiAl/ Chrome metal powder CrX/ cobalt chromium CoCr/ cobalt Co alloy/carbon C metal magnetic multilayer film structure to prepare area density and can reach 15.5Gb/cm on glass substrate
2CoCr magnetic recording hard disk (D.Weller, A.Moser, L.Folks, et al.IEEE Tran.Magn.36,10 (2000)), the magnetic recording area density is had increased significantly.
Though multi-layer film structure is widely used in the hard disk Magnetographic Technology, but needs for practicability, that usually the thickness of each layer in the metal magnetic multilayer film is done is very thin, this makes the magnetic property of film, and especially coercive force is lower, be easy to be subjected to the interference of external magnetic field, being unfavorable for realizing the super-high density magnetic recording, is the key that realizes the super-high density Magnetographic Technology so improve the coercive force of metal magnetic multilayer film.For CoCr based alloy magnetic recording materials, more existing reports aspect the coercive force that improves multilayer film, as utilize platinum Pt to be cache layer (E.B.Svedberg, J.Appl.Phys.92,1024 (2002)), utilize cobalt chromium CoCr/ copper Cu to do middle layer (I.Tamaiet al.J.Magn.Magn.Mater.235,78 (2001)) etc.But after utilizing these methods, the coercive force increase rate of film is also little, remains further to be improved.The investigator adopts the coercive force (Y.Hirayama et al.J.Appl.Phys.87,6890 (2000)) of subsequent heat treatment method raising film in addition, but this must cause the increase of production cost, also is unfavorable for following application.
Summary of the invention
The present invention proposes to utilize the exchange-coupling interaction between inverse ferric magnetosphere and the metal magnetic multilayer film to improve the coercive force of CoCr/Pt multilayer film, for the coercive force that improves metal magnetic multilayer film provides a kind of novel method.
The present invention is a kind of method that improves metal magnetic multilayer film coercive force, and it is to deposit platinum Pt (50~500 )/[cobalt chromium CoCr (5 )/platinum Pt (7~25 )] successively at the glass substrate that cleans up
5/ ferrimanganic FeMn (25~500 )/platinum Pt (20~50 ), described glass substrate surface adds the magnetic field perpendicular to the face direction, size is 100~3000 Oe, described substrate temperature is 100~300 ℃, the depositing temperature of described FeMn layer is 10~50 ℃, and sputtering chamber base vacuum degree is 1 * 10
-5~7 * 10
-5Pa, Ar Pressure is 0.9~1.6Pa during sputter.
In addition, in the above methods, the speed rotation that described glass substrate can 18r/min.
The present invention utilizes between FeMn and the CoCr/Pt multilayer film and has exchange-coupling interaction, improved the perpendicular magnetic anisotropic of CoCr/Pt multilayer film, increase the pinning position of pinning ferromagnetic layer domain wall and the barrier height that domain wall moves simultaneously, thereby improved the coercive force H of the vertical face direction of CoCr/Pt multilayer film
C ⊥After the deposition ferrimanganic layer, the H of CoCr/Pt multilayer film
C ⊥Maximum can be than the improve of no FeMn layer nearly 50%.The invention has the advantages that: because the thickness of film is less, have good perpendicular magnetic anisotropic and higher coercive force again simultaneously, relatively be fit to be applied to the super-high density vertical magnetic recording of CoCr alloy firm.In addition, post-depositional film need not to carry out after annealing and handles, so that it also has a cost is low, prepare advantages such as simple, is applicable to the production in future.
Description of drawings
Fig. 1 is sedimentary Pt on glass substrate (200 )/[CoCr (5 )/Pt (15 )]
5/ film and Pt (200 )/[CoCr (5 )/Pt (15 )]
5The vertical face direction coercive force H of/FeMn (25~200 )/Pt (25 ) film
C ⊥Variation relation with FeMn layer thickness d.
Embodiment
As Fig. 1, wherein the sputtering technology condition of curve (a) is: sputtering chamber base vacuum degree is 1 * 10
-5Pa, argon gas during sputter (99.99%) press and are 0.9Pa.In the sputter procedure, substrate surface adds the magnetic field perpendicular to the face direction, and size is 100Oe, and substrate is with the speed rotation of 18r/min; Substrate temperature is 100 ℃, and the depositing temperature of FeMn layer is 10 ℃;
The sputtering technology condition of curve (b) is: sputtering chamber base vacuum degree is 3 * 10
-5Pa, argon gas during sputter (99.99%) press and are 1.2Pa.In the sputter procedure, substrate surface adds the magnetic field perpendicular to the face direction, and size is 700 Oe, and substrate is with the speed rotation of 18r/min; Substrate temperature is 200 ℃, and the depositing temperature of FeMn layer is 30 ℃;
The sputtering technology condition of curve (c) is: sputtering chamber base vacuum degree is 7 * 10
-5Pa, argon gas during sputter (99.99%) press and are 1.6Pa.In the sputter procedure, substrate surface adds the magnetic field perpendicular to the face direction, and size is 3000 Oe, and substrate is with the speed rotation of 18r/min; Substrate temperature is 300 ℃, and the depositing temperature of FeMn layer is 50 ℃.
Preparation method of the present invention is as follows:
At first with glass substrate organic chemistry solvent, deionized water and alcohol ultrasonic cleaning, on the sputtering chamber sample base of packing into then.(b) is example with curve among Fig. 1, before sputter, earlier the substrate surface applying vertical magnetic field adjusted to 700 Oe, and substrate temperature is adjusted to 200 ℃.Sputtering chamber base vacuum 3 * 10
-5Pa, argon gas when sputter (purity is 99.99%) press to depositing platinum Pt (200 ) and [cobalt chromium CoCr (5 )/platinum Pt (15 )] successively under the condition of 1.2Pa
5Alternate multi-layered film is with preparation Pt (200 )/[CoCr (5 )/Pt (15 )]
5Film; Deposit platinum Pt (200 ) and [cobalt chromium CoCr (5 )/platinum Pt (15 )] successively
5Alternate multi-layered film deposits ferrimanganic FeMn (25~200 )/platinum Pt (25 ) again with preparation Pt (200 )/[CoCr (5 )/Pt (15 )] when then substrate temperature is reduced to 30 ℃
5/ FeMn (25~200 )/Pt (25 ) film.
As can be seen from Figure 1, after three curves all reflected the antiferromagnetic FeMn layer of introducing, the coercive force of film had rising clearly.For example, be 3 * 10 at sputtering chamber base vacuum degree
-5Pa, argon gas during sputter (99.99%) press and are 1.2Pa, and substrate surface adds the magnetic field perpendicular to the face direction, and size is 700 Oe, and substrate is with the speed rotation of 18r/min; Substrate temperature is 200 ℃, and the depositing temperature of FeMn layer is (curve b) under 30 ℃ of processing condition, Pt (200 )/[CoCr (5 )/Pt (15 )]
5The coercive force of multilayer film is lower, has only 750 Oe.At Pt (200 )/[CoCr (5 )/Pt (15 )]
5After depositing the FeMn layer above the multilayer film, along with the increase of FeMn layer thickness d, H
C ⊥Increase gradually.When the FeMn layer reached 70 , the coercive force of film reached 1092 Oe, than Pt (200 )/[CoCr (5 )/Pt (15 )]
5The coercive force of multilayer film has improved nearly 50%.This explanation, the introducing of inverse ferric magnetosphere FeMn can improve the coercive force of CoCr/Pt multilayer film effectively.