Applied Surface Science, Vol.240, No.1-4, 405-413, 2005
Kinetic interface roughening and magneto resistance of sputter-deposited Fe/Ni75B25 multilayers
The roughening of interfaces as a function of layer thickness and magneto transport properties have been investigated on sputter-deposited Fe[Ni75B25 multilayer films. X-ray reflectivity data were recorded for Ni75B25(72 nm) film and for Fe(2 nm)/ Ni75B25(2 nm)](16) and [Fe(4 nm)/Ni75B25(4 nm)](8) multilayer films. A power law dependence of the interfacial width of growing, Fe/Ni75B25 interfaces was observed. The resulting growth exponents P were found to be in the range of 0.55-0.58 in the initial growth stage of the multilayer with lower Fe/Ni75B25 repetition thickness and at approximately 0.34 for multilayer with higher repetition thickness. The growth exponents were compared with theoretical calculations. High resolution electron microscope, revealed the columnar growth of the Fe/Ni75B25 multilayer. Additionally, an increase of magnetoresistance observed by the multilayering of M75B25 films with Fe interlayers. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Keywords:kinetic interface roughening;Fe/Ni25B25 interfaces;magneto transport properties;X-ray reflectivity;DC-magnetron-sputtering