Correlation between local structure and magnetic behavior in co-sputtered Tb_xFe_(73)Ga_(27-x) (7 ≤ x ≤11) thin films
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2017
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We report on the evolution of the microstructure of Tb-Fe-Ga films deposited by co-sputtering from Tb_(33)Fe_(67) and Fe_(72)Ga_(28) targets. The sputtering power was fixed (90 W) in the Fe_(72)Ga_(28) whereas it was increased from 50 to 90 W in the Tb_(33)Fe_(67) target resulting on Tb_xFe_(73)Ga_(27-x) layers with 7 ≤ x ≤ 11. The local structure was determined by means of x-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy at Fe-K, Ga-K and Tb-L_(3) edges. The increase of Tb in the alloy promotes the phase segregation that produces a larger amount of the TbFe_2 structural phase. The structural results have been correlated with the magnetic characterization that shows the enhancement of the out-of-plane component of the magnetization.
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This work has been financially supported through projects MAT2015-66888-C3-3-R and PIE-2010-OE-013-200014 of the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO/FEDER) and through the project PR26/16- 3B-2 of Santander and Universidad Complutense de Madrid. We thank “Instituto de Sistemas Optoelectrónicos y Microtecnología” (ISOM) for using its facilities. We also want to thank ESRF and BM25-Spline, the Spanish CRG at ESRF, for providing beamtime.