Micromagnetic simulation of Sm–Co/α-Fe/Sm–Co trilayers with various angles between easy axes and the film plane

Hysteresis loops and energy products have been calculated systematically by a three-dimensional(3D) software OOMMF for Sm–Co/α-Fe/Sm–Co trilayers with various thicknesses and β, where β is the angle between the easy axis and the field applied perpendicular to the film plane. It is found that trilayers with a perpendicular anisotropy possess considerably larger coercivities and smaller remanences and energy products compared with those with an in-plane anisotropy.Increase of β leads to a fast decrease of the maximum energy product as well as the drop of both remanence and coercivity. Such a drop is much faster than that in the single-phased hard material, which can explain the significant discrepancy between the experiment and the theoretical energy products. Some modeling techniques have been utilized with spin check procedures performed, which yield results in good agreement with the one-dimensional(1D) analytical and experimental data, justifying our calculations. Further, the calculated nucleation fields according to the 3D calculations are larger than those based on the 1D model, whereas the corresponding coercivity is smaller, leading to more square hysteresis loops and better agreement between experimental data and the theory.     

Effect of exchange coupling on magnetic property in Sm–Co/α-Fe layered system

The hysteresis loops as well as the spin distributions of Sm–Co/α-Fe bilayers have been investigated by both threedimensional(3D) and one-dimensional(1D) micromagnetic calculations, focusing on the effect of the interface exchange coupling under various soft layer thicknesses t~s. The exchange coupling coefficient Ahsbetween the hard and soft layers varies from 1.8 × 10~(-6)erg/cm to 0.45 × 10~(-6)erg/cm, while the soft layer thickness increases from 2 nm to 10 nm. As the exchange coupling decreases, the squareness of the loop gradually deteriorates, both pinning and coercive fields rise up monotonically, and the nucleation field goes down. On the other hand, an increment of the soft layer thickness leads to a significant drop of the nucleation field, the deterioration of the hysteresis loop squareness, and an increase of the remanence. The simulated loops based on the 3D and 1D methods are consistent with each other and in good agreement with the measured loops for Sm–Co/α-Fe multilayers.     

鸟类铁矿物磁受体中磁赤铁矿片晶链的微磁学分析

实验表明, 自然界中许多动物能感受到磁场信息, 尤其是鸟类能够依靠地磁信息导航归巢或迁徙. 鸟类磁感受机理认为, 鸟类可以通过感受地磁场的强度与倾角建立磁地图从而进行飞行导航. 目前对鸟类用于感受磁场的磁受体的研究仍然处于探索鉴定阶段, 研究铁矿物结构是否具有在生命系统中作为磁受体的物理磁学性质有着十分重要的意义. 本文使用微磁学方法对鸟类基于铁矿物的磁感受机理中的磁赤铁矿片晶状磁受体结构进行三维模拟分析, 对其在地磁场中的畴态及对磁场信息的响应作用进行探究. 结果表明, 自然畴态为涡旋态的磁赤铁矿片晶链具有感受地磁场方向变化的能力. 关键词： 鸟类定向与导航 铁矿物磁感受机理 微磁学     

磁斯格明子器件及其应用进展

磁斯格明子是一种具有准粒子特性的拓扑纳米磁畴壁结构.由于磁斯格明子具有较好的稳定性和新奇的动力学特性,并可被磁场、电场、电流等方式调控,有望成为高密度、低耗能、非易失性信息存储及逻辑运算的新兴信息载体.自2009年磁斯格明子首次被实验观测到至今,已有多种基于磁斯格明子的器件概念和原型器件被提出.本文对基于磁斯格明子应用的研究进展进行综述,对现阶段几种具有代表性的磁斯格明子器件应用进行简要介绍、分析和总结,包括基于磁斯格明子的赛道存储器件、逻辑计算器件、类晶体管功能器件和纳米级微波振荡器;同时阐述了几种可能的通过磁斯格明子表达二进制信息元的方法;并展望了磁斯格明子的其他潜在应用以及未来基于磁斯格明子器件应用的发展方向.     

易轴取向对Nd2Fe14B/α-Fe双层膜退磁过程影响的微磁学分析

运用一维和三维微磁学模拟探究了易轴与外场存在偏角β情况下Nd₂Fe₁₄B/α-Fe 双层膜的磁矩反转过程, 计算了磁矩反转过程中磁滞回线和磁能积, 并与实验结果进行了对比. 计算结果表明, 在膜面内的易轴偏角β严重影响磁矩反转过程. 当β≠0°时, 磁矩反转过程中无明显成核现象, 随着易轴偏角β的增大, 剩磁显著减小, 磁滞回线方形度变差, 导致磁能积急剧减小. 对于Nd₂Fe₁₄B(10 nm)/α-Fe(8 nm)双层膜, β=10°时, 最大磁能积下降30.3%. 在磁矩反转过程中, 总能量最大时对应的外磁场能随易轴偏角的增大而减小, 交换作用能先增大后减小, 磁晶各向异性能则随着易轴偏角的增大而增大. 软磁相厚度越大, 双层膜的磁能积受易轴偏角影响越大. 在膜面外的易轴偏角对磁矩反转过程也有类似的影响. 关键词： 微磁学模拟 磁晶易轴 磁能积 能量     

磁性斯格明子的赛道存储

磁性斯格明子是拓扑稳定的自旋结构,它的尺寸小,驱动电流阈值小,被广泛认为是下一代磁性存储的基本单元.斯格明子的主要优势在于它奇特的动力学性质,特别是它能够与传导电子相互作用,在低电流密度驱动下可以在赛道上稳定地运动.本文结合磁性斯格明子赛道存储的最新研究成果,对斯格明子在赛道上的写入、驱动和读出三个方面进行了较为详细的综述.重点介绍了注入自旋极化电流这一最常见的驱动方法,分析了斯格明子在赛道上的堵塞和湮没现象,探讨了斯格明子霍尔效应及其可能造成信号丢失的危害和相关的解决方法,并在此基础上详细介绍了几种斯格明子塞道存储的优化设计方案.最后总结了磁性斯格明子赛道存储面临的一些挑战.