“…It has been shown that the insertion of magnetically anisotropic FeNiMo underlayer of less than 50 lattice parameters in thickness readily induces magnetic anisotropy in an overlying semi-hard magnetic layer to a thickness of thousands of Angstroms, and also suppresses the coercive force of the overlayer remarkably [1]. It has been confirmed that the change in magnetic behavior of the overlayer and the degree of coercive force reduction are dependent on the existence and direction of magnetic anisotropy in those layers upon deposition [2]. The use of an oblique-incidence evaporation method [3][4][5] has, therefore, been examined as a means of achieving magnetic anisotropy for Fe 70 Co 30 films, which have strong natural isotropic magnetization.…”