F. Holtzberg, S.J. LaPlaca, et al.
Journal of Applied Physics
Thin film cobalt-gold and iron-gold alloys have been prepared by sputtering onto water cooled substrates. These alloys are crystalline with residual electrical resistivity (ρ) a factor of five greater than bulk alloys. For FexAu100-x the X-ray diffraction patterns are characteristic of fcc structures (high Au content) and bcc structures (low Au content); CoxAu100-x shows mixed fcc and hexagonal diffraction patterns. Fe-Au exhibits a constant magnetic moment per Fe of μB = 2.2 over the range 26 to 92% Fe. The resistivity of Fe-Au at 4.2°K is about 40μΩcm and is independent of composition. The Hall effect expressed as Rs/ρ2 where Rs is the spontaneous Hall coefficient increases with Fe dilution. Co-Au shows a concentration dependent magnetic moment which decreases with increasing Au and a Hall effect as given by Rs/ρ2 which increases in magnitude as the Co moment decreases. In addition the resistivity at 4.2°K of Co-Au is composition dependent increasing with decreasing Co content. The anisotropic magneto-resistance in both Fe-Au and Co-Au behave similarly with the interesting feature that Δρ(Δρ = ρ∥- ρ⊥) has a maximum at about the same average magnetization as found for other alloys such as Ni-Fe and Ni-Co2. At the same composition of maximum Δρ the saturation magnetostriction becomes almost zero.
F. Holtzberg, S.J. LaPlaca, et al.
Journal of Applied Physics
J.L. Tholence, F. Holtzberg, et al.
Journal of Applied Physics
T. Mizoguchi, T.R. McGuire, et al.
Physical Review Letters
R.J. Gambino, T.R. McGuire, et al.
Journal of Applied Physics