缺陷铁纳米环体系的磁特性研究

采用Monte Carlo方法与快速傅里叶变换微磁学方法相结合的方式,模拟含不同缺陷的铁纳米环的磁滞回线、组态、剩磁等磁特性.研究发现:缺陷的大小与位置明显影响系统的磁化过程.当缺陷较小时,系统存在双稳态特征,此性质与无缺陷系统类似;当缺陷增大时,系统过渡状态增加,双稳态特征不再明显.进一步的研究发现,缺陷系统的剩磁随缺陷半径D的增大而增大.上述结果与非对称纳米环系统的磁特性类似,并可以通过零场状态下的系统自旋组态的变化加以解释.当系统圆心与缺陷中心的间距Y增加时,剩磁与Y的关系是非线性的:剩磁先随Y的增大而增大,后随Y的增大而减小.模拟结果可用零场状态下不同Y值的组态变化进行详细解释.上述研究结果表明,缺陷可以明显影响铁纳米环的磁特性.

Magnetic dynamic properties of defective iron nanorings

Magnetic nanorings can be high-density integrated because their stray field is low in vortex states. In this paper, the magnetic dynamic properties of the defective Fe nanorings are studied. For convenience, we assume the defect to be round in shape, whose coordinate is (0, Y). Based on the Monte Carlo method and fast Fourier transformation micromagnetism method, the magnetic properties of the defective Fe nanorings, such as hysteresis loops, spin configurations, remanence, etc., are studied. The simulation results indicate that the magnetization process of the system can be affected by the sizes and locations of the defects. When the defects are small, the system has a bistable state, which is similar to the system without defects. The transition state of the system increases as the defects are enlarged, and the bistable state will be no longer so visible. The system becomes open when the defects are big enough. Meanwhile, its hysteresis loop presents a rectangular shape which is similar to cluster's or quantum dot's. The remanence increases with the radius of defect increasing. These results are in accord with the magnetic properties of asymmetric magnetic nanoring. In order to explain the above results, the spin configurations of the system are shown. The spins of defective nanorings are divided into two parts, i.e., upper half part and lower half part, which are represented as blue and black spins respectively. When the system does not have any defects, the number of blue spins is equal to black spins'. Therefore the remanence is zero when the system is in a vortex state. It is found that the number of blue spins decreases as the radius of defect increases. This situation results in the total magnetic moment increasing, which leads the remanence to increase. However, the relationship between remanence and Y (the distance between center of nanoring and center of defect) is nonlinear. The remanence first increases and then decreases with Y increasing. The simulation results can be explained by changing the spin configuration. By analyzing the spins of the upper and lower part, the magnetic moment of the system is analyzed. It is found that the number of the spins and the local vortexes can affect the remanence significantly. The results show that the magnetic properties of Fe nanorings can be affected by the defect.