Nanocrystalline Co2FeSi Heusler alloy films were deposited on single crystal lead zinc niobate–lead titanate substrates. It is revealed that this multiferroic composite exhibits very strong continuously electric field (E-field) tunable microwave frequency characteristics. With an increase of the E-field intensity from 0 to 6 kV/cm, the ferromagnetic resonance field Hr shifts by 348 Oe along the easy axis direction, being equivalent to 58 Oe cm/kV, and the ferromagnetic resonance frequency fFMR dramatically increases from 2.2 to 6.1 GHz with an increment of 3.9 GHz or an increment ratio of 177%; moreover, the damping constant α decreases from 0.0150 to 0.0085. These features demonstrate that this multiferroic structure is promising in the fabrication of E-field tunable microwave components.
The Co2FeSi films are deposited on Si (100) substrates by an oblique sputtering method at ambient temperature. It is revealed that the microwave ferromagnetic properties of Co2FeSi films are sensitive to sample position and sputtering power. It is exciting that the as-deposited films without any magnetic annealing exhibit high in-plane uniaxial anisotropy fields in a range of 200 Oe–330 Oe (1 Oe = 79.5775 Am−1), and low coercivities in a range of 5 Oe–28 Oe. As a result, high self-biased ferromagnetic resonance frequency up to 4.75 GHz is achieved in as-deposited oblique sputtered films. These results indicate that Co2FeSi Heusler alloy films are promising in practical applications of RF/microwave devices.
Large and variable in-plane uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in a nanocrystalline (Co2FeAl)97.8(Al2O3)2.2 soft magnetic thin film is obtained by an oblique sputtering method without being induced by magnetic field or post annealing. The in-plane uniaxial magnetic anisotropy varies from 50 Oe to 180 Oe (1 Oe = 79.5775 Am−1) by adjusting the sample's position. As a result, the ferromagnetic resonance frequency of the film increases from 1.9 GHz to 3.75 GHz.
Nanocrystalline Co2MnSi Heusler alloy films were deposited on the PZN-PT substrates by a composition gradient sputtering method. It is revealed that this multiferroic heterostructure shows very strong magnetoelectric coupling, leading to continuously tunable microwave frequency characteristics by electric field. With the increase of electric field intensity from 0 to 6 kV/cm, the magnetic anisotropy field H(K) increases from 90 Oe to 182 Oe with an increment of 102%, corresponding to a ME coefficient of 15.3 Oe cm/kV; the ferromagnetic resonance frequency f(FMR) shifts from 3.38 to 4.82 GHz with an increment of deltaf(FMR) = 1440 MHz or deltaf(FMR)/f(FMR) = 43%; moreover, the damping constant alpha dramatically decreases from 0.035 to 0.018. These merits demonstrate that this nanocomposite multiferroic structure is promising in fabrication of tunable microwave components.
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