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Amorphous Transition Metal-Rare Earth Alloy Films for Magneto-Optic Recording

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Fred E. Luborsky
Fred E. Luborsky*
Affiliation:
General Electric Corporate Research and Development, Schenectady NY 12301
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Abstract

This paper reviews the history of the development of films for use in magneto-optic recording. A discussion of why these early attempts with films of MnBi and Europium compounds were abandoned is given. The current work on amorphous transition metal-rare earth alloys is then reviewed. The origins of the necessary perpendicular magnetic anisotropy are discussed. The ideal combination of properties desired are: a high room temperature coercivity, a large temperature coefficient of coercivity, a large perpendicular anisotropy constant, large Ms, thermal and environmental stability, and, depending on whether a reflection or absorption mode of operation will be used, a large Kerr rotation with large reflectivity or a large Faraday rotation with a small specific absorption. These factors, their control, bow they influence the recording performance and the limits on performance of these amorphous films are discussed.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 80: Symposium G – Science and Technology of Rapidly Quenched Alloys , 1986 , 375
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1987

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