Preparation of Thin Magnetic Films and Their Properties

Abstract

Techniques for the preparation by vacuum evaporation of single thin layers and laminated structures of ferromagnetic alloys (principally in the iron-nickel system) are described. The magnetic properties are related to those parameters of the process which may be chosen to yield materials having desired characteristics. A method for producing films with extreme hysteresis loop rectangularity is described. Questions of suitable substrate materials, evaporable dielectrics for use in insulating multilayer deposits, and control of alloy composition, are considered in detail.