Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2003. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Ce travail a porté sur la préparation et l'étude de matériaux magnétiques fonctionnels en couches dans l'optique d'une utilisation dans des micro-systèmes magnétiques. Deux systèmes de matériaux ont été étudiés: le FePt, qui est un matériau magnétique dur, et le FeRh, qui a une transition antiferromagnétique-ferromagnétique proche de la température ambiante. Dans le cas du FePt, les influences de la concentration en Pt, de l'ajout de Cu et des traitements thermiques, sur la transition de la phase A1 désordonnée, de faible anisotropie, à la phase L10 ordonnée, de forte anisotropie, ont été étudiées. Les dépendances en température de l'aimantation spontanée et du champ d'anisotropie de la phase L10 ont été déduites de l'analyse des courbes d'aimantation. Le pic d'Hopkinson qui est lié aux processus d'aimantation de la phase L10 à l'approche de la température de Curie a été modélisé. Dans le cas du FeRh, les influences de la concentration en Rh et des traitements thermiques ont été étudiées. Une analyse thermodynamique des mesures d'aimantation et des mesures de calorimétrie différentielle a été effectuée. Enfin, des couches hybrides de FePt-FeRh ont été déposées sur des substrats pré-gravés, pour démontrer la potentialité d'utiliser le FeRh pour contrôler thermiquement le champ de fuite généré par le FePt. / The aim of this work was the preparation and study of thin films of functional magnetic materials of interest for use in magnetic micro-systems. Two material systems have been studied: FePt, which is a hard magnetic material, and FeRh, which has an antiferromagnetic - ferromagnetic transition near room temperature. For the case of FePt, the influence of the film composition, the addition of Cu, and the annealing conditions, on the transition from the disordered, low anisotropy A1 phase to the ordered, high anisotropy L10 phase has been studied. The temperature dependence of the spontaneous magnetisation and the anisotropy field of the L10 phase were deduced from an analysis of magnetisation curves. The Hopkinson peak which characterises the susceptibility of the demagnetized L10 phase close to its Curie temperature has been modelled. In the case of FeRh, the influence of film composition and annealing conditions on the antiferromagnetic - ferromagnetic transition was studied. A thermodynamic analysis of magnetisation measurements and differential calorimetry measurements has been carried out. Finally, hybrid FePt-FeRh films have been deposited on patterned wafers, to demonstrate the potential use of FeRh for the thermal control of the stray field generated by the FePt.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2006. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-151).

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Thesis (Ph.D.) -- McMaster University, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available via World Wide Web.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 122-125).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Riverside, 2009. / Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 145-148). Issued in print and online. Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

We report an influence of disorder on structural and magnetic properties of ZnFe2O4 thin films grown at temperatures ranging from 400°C to 600°C by pulsed laser deposition in O2 atmosphere on SrTiO3 (100) substrates evidenced by properties of electronic transitions observed in the dielectric function. Inversion of the normal spinel structure was found to be one of the main mechanisms responsible for the increase in the magnetic response for the lowest growth temperature. The enhanced feature in the dielectric function located at ~3.5 eV, related to the transition involving tetrahedrally coordinated Fe3+ cations, corresponds to the dominating magnetic coupling between the octahedral and tetrahedral lattice sites, responsible for the overall ferrimagnetic behaviour of the film grown at the lowest temperature.

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