The structure dependence of exchange bias in ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic bilayers |
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Authors: | Xu Xiao-Yong Wang Mao-Hua and Hu Jing-Guo |
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Institution: | College of Physics Science and Technology, University of
Yangzhou,
Yangzhou 225002, China |
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Abstract: | The structure dependence of exchange bias in
ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic (FM/AF) bilayers has been
investigated in detail by extending Slonczewski's `proximity
magnetism' idea. Here three important parameters are discussed for
FM/AF bilayers, i.e. interfacial bilinear exchange coupling $J_{1}$,
interfacial biquadratic (spin-flop) exchange coupling $J_{2}$ and
antiferromagnetic layer thickness $t_{\rm AF}$. The results show that
both the occurrence and the variety of the exchange bias strongly
depend on the above parameters. More importantly, the small
spin-flop exchange coupling may result in an exchange bias without
the interfacial bilinear exchange coupling. However, in general, the
spin-flop exchange coupling cannot result in the exchange bias. The
corresponding critical parameters in which the exchange bias will
occur or approach saturation are also presented. |
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Keywords: | FM/AF bilayers exchange
coupling exchange bias |
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