Abstract
The effect of pulsed-thermal-processing with high-density plasma arc heating is discussed for 20 nm thick nanocrystalline FePt thin films. The dependence of the A1 → L10 phase transformation on pulsed time and radiant energy of the pulse is quantified through x-ray diffraction and alternating gradient magnetometry. For 100ms and 250 ms pulse widths, the phase transformation was observed. Higher radiant energy densities resulted in a larger measured coercivity associated with the L10 phase.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 39-42 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | JOM |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue number | 6 |
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| State | Published - Jun 2006 |
Funding
A. Cole and G.B. Thompson grate fully recognize NASA Training Grant NNG05GE80H for support of this research. J.W. Harrell recognizes NSF-MRSEC-DMR-0213985. Portions of the research were sponsored by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by UT-Battelle, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725.