WANG Feng-ping, LIU Huan-ping, WU Ping, PAN Li-qing, QIU Hong, TIAN Yue, LUO Sheng. Effect of Substrate Temperature on the Structure and Magnetoresistance of Permalloy Films[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2003,24(4): 435-437
WANG Feng-ping, LIU Huan-ping, WU Ping, PAN Li-qing, QIU Hong, TIAN Yue, LUO Sheng. Effect of Substrate Temperature on the Structure and Magnetoresistance of Permalloy Films[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2003,24(4): 435-437DOI:
films (about 80nm thick) have been prepared by magnetron sputtering. The substrates were Si (111) single crystal wafers on which 500nm thick SiO
2
were formed by thermal oxidization. The films were deposited at 300
643 and 823K in 0.45Pa argon pressure. The base pressure in our vacuum chamber was about 4×10
-5
Pa. The deposition rate was about 3nm/min for all the films. The structure of the films
grain orientation
cross section morphology
grain size and surface roughness were characterized using X-ray diffraction
scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy. The resistance and magnetoresistance of the films were measured using four point probe technique. The results show that with rising substrate temperature the crystallization become notable and the texture of (111) orientation developed gradually in the growing films. As a result
the resistance decreased evidently and magnetoresistance ratio increased markedly.