Validity and Limitation of Semi-Classical Approaches to Giant Magnetoresistance in Magnetic Multilayers

The validity and limitation of semi-classical theories on giant magnetoresistance in magnetic multilayers are discussed on the basis of fundamental quantum statistical mechanics.     

High Frequency Resonance Features of Giant Magnetoresistance Multilayers

High frequency resonance technique was applied to study of magnetic multilayer Co/Cu films possess the giant magnetoresistance. The results of the ferromagnetic resonance study in 60GHz-80GHz and 1OGHz bands revealed low temperature changes of g-factor after annealing and a very small value of high frequency saturation magnetization. An abrupt change of the specimen impedance was registered in low field low field range for 10GHz. The static magnetic characteristics as hysteresis and magnetoresistance loops were obtained at room temperature for the planar orientation of external magnetic field.     

Magnetic Properties of Permalloy/Cu-Au Multilayers

The interlayer exchange coupling and GMR effect of (permalloy/Cu _x Au_1-x )30 (Py = Ni₈₃Fe₁₇; 0.29x0.75) sputtered multilayers (MLs) were investigated. The strength of the antiferromagnetic (AF) interlayer coupling J _AF was determined from M(H) and/or R(H) curves. GMR effect and AF coupling was found in entire investigated concentration range of Cu _x Au_1-x . For x<0.65 the J _AF values at the first maximum of AF coupling (1.3t _Cu-Au1.6 nm) were smaller than 3×10^-6 J/m² and for x>0.65 J _AF increased to a value characteristic of Py/Cu MLs (J _AF10^-5 J/m²). The second maximum of AF coupling (J _AF10^-7 J/m²) was only found for x0.75 at t _Cu-Au2.6 nm.     

Quantum Analytical Theory for Giant Magnetoresistance in Magnetic Multilayered Cylindrical Systems

Taking into account the quantum size effects and considering three types of scattering from bulk impurities,rough surface and rough interfaces,we use quantum-statistical Green‘s function approach and Kubo theory to calculate the electronic conductivity and the giant magnetoresistance in magnetic multilayered cylindrical systems.It is found that in the limit of weakly scattering from impurities surface and interfaces,the total conductivity is given by a sum of conductivities of all the subbands and two spin-channels.For each subband and each spin-channel the scattering rate due to the impurities,surface and interfaces is added up.     

Spin-Dependent Scattering and Giant Magnetoresistance in Magnetic Granular Films

Based on a macroscopic theory in which the spin-dependent interface scattering and the bulk scattering are included, the transport properties in systems of cylindrical magnetic granules are investigated analytically. It is shown that the giant magnetoresistance as well as the resistivities of these systems depend strongly on the size of the granules.     

Influence of Interface Scattering and Quantum Size Effect on the Giant Magnetoresistance in a Magnetic Sandwich Structure

An analytical Green's function approach to the study of the electronic transport in a magnetic sandwich structure is presented. Taking into account the quantum size effect and considering three types of scattering from bulk impurities, rough surface, and two rough interfaces, we calculate the one-particle Green's function and the in-plane conductivity, yield a new formula for conductivity. It is found that (i). the magnetoresistance in the ultrathin spin-value sandwiches shows oscillation as a function of thickness with a period of half Fermi wavelength; (ii) in the thin-film limit and the lowest-order approximation of the surface and interface scatterings, the total conductivity is given by a sum of conductivities of all the subbands and the two spin channels, for each subband and each spin channel the scattering rates due to the impurities, surfaces and interfaces are additive.     

Theory of Electron Transport in FeRh-Based Natural Magnetic Multilayers

The electronic structure and the residual resistivity of random FeRh-based alloys in the CsCl structure are calculated from first principles. The calculations are performed for different spin structures using the tight-binding linear muffin-tin orbital method in the atomic sphere approximation. The effect of late transition-metal impurities (Pd, Rh) is taken into account by means of the coherent potential approximation generalized to inhomogeneous systems. It is shown that impurity scattering leads to giant magnetoresistance effects in qualitative agreement with experiment.     

Degradation of the Giant Magnetoresistance in Fe/Cr Multilayers Due to Ar-Ion Beam Mixing

The influence of 200 keV Ar-ion irradiation on the interlayer coupling in the Fe/Cr multilayer system exhibiting the giant magnetoresistance effect (GMR) is studied by conversion electron Mössbauer spectroscopy (CEMS), VSM hysteresis loops, magnetoresistivity and electric resistivity measurements and supplemented by the small-angle X-ray diffraction (SAXRD). The increase of Ar ion dose causes an increase of interface roughness, as evidenced by the increase of the Fe step-sites detected by CEMS as a result of which the GMR gradually decreases and vanishes at doses exceeding 1×10¹⁴ Ar/cm². A degradation of GMR with increasing Ar-ion dose is related to the formation of pinholes between Fe layers and the decrease of the antiferromagnetically coupled fraction.

     

Magnetic Anisotropy and the Appearance of Stripe Magnetic Domains in Co/Fe Multilayers

Thin Co/Fe multilayers were e-beam evaporated in ultra-high vacuum, keeping constant the Co layer thickness and varying that of Fe in the 0.5÷15 nm range. By increasing the Fe layer thickness, a component of magnetization perpendicular to the film plane rises up, and long and parallel magnetic domains (stripe domains) appear. The phenomenon is explained on the basis of the competition between the magnetoelastic anisotropy induced by stresses at the interfaces, and the shape anisotropy constraining the magnetization in the film plane. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Green's Function Theory of Linear Magnetic Chains with Anisotropic Coupling

The one-dimensional spin-1/2 ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic chains with anisotropic coupling are studied within the Green's function theory in both planar and uniaxial regimes. The spin Green's functions are decoupled at a stage one-step further than the Tyablikov's decoupling under the constraint 2>= 0. The behaviors of the correlation functions are studied in the entire temperature regime. The thermodynamic properties are also discussed, and the result is consistent with the numerical simulation.     

基于巨磁电阻的转速测量在实验教学中的应用

介绍了巨磁电阻梯度传感器工作原理,设计、制作了适用于实验教学的巨磁电阻转速测量实验装置,实现了通过单片机对步进电机转速的控制及对被测转盘转速的实时测量,给出了电机工作在不同转速状态下的测量结果,验证了同步电机转速与控制频率的变化关系。     

块体TaP 极大磁阻及量子振荡特性研究

Weyl 半金属因其载流子满足外尔运动方程, 表现出高迁移率、 极大磁阻等新奇量子物性, 从而在无耗散电子器件应用中具有广泛应用前景. 在本文中, 我们系统研究了块体 TaP 样品的磁电输运特性, 获得了高达106 %极大的磁阻特性和显著的SdH 振荡特性. 结合TaP 样品载流子随温度的变化行为, 我们进一步揭示了块体TaP 样品的极大磁阻的物理起源, 在低温下, 其主要来源于样品费米面附近近似补偿的空穴和电子, 而在高温下则主要来源自块体TaP 样品中增强的电子散射作用. 我们的实验结果为理解 Weyl 半金属新奇量子输运特性和器件设计开发提供了实验参考.     

Magnetoresistance and magnetization studies through a Cu interlayer in spin valves of NiFe/Cu/NiFe/FeMn

The influence of the Cu layer thickness on the magnetic and magnetotransport properties has been investigated in Ta/NiFe/Cu/NiFe/FeMn spin valves. The magnetization and magnetoresistance measurements were carried out for magnetic field applied along the easy-axis direction. A phenomenological model, which assumes formation of a planar domain wall at the anti-ferromagnetic side of the interfaces as well as bilinear coupling between the ferromagnetic layers, was used to derive the anisotropy characteristics and orientation of each NiFe layer magnetization. The anisotropy and spin valve magnetoresistance were simulated numerically and compared with the experiment. It was found that the anisotropy magnetoresistance is negligible and that there is a poor agreement for the spin-valve one, which was attributed to the model (valid for ferromagnetic layers in single-domain state only) used for its calculation. It was found that the increase of the Cu layer thickness provokes a decrease of the interdiffusion between the NiFe and FeMn layers, and, as consequence, changes of the uniaxial anisotropy of the pinned NiFe layer, of the exchange interaction between the pinned NiFe layer and the FeMn ones, as well as of the exchange-bias field of the pinned NiFe layer.     

Magnetic behaviour investigation on symmetric spin valves of Co／Cu／NiFe and NiFe／Cu／Co

In this paper,we have obtained and investigated the magnetic behaviours of the ferromagnetic layer in the symmetric spin valves of Co/Cu/NiFe and NiFe/Cu/Co by measuring with a vibrating sample magnetometer and analysing in terms of the multi-domain Ising models.It has been found that some magnetic layer can have quite different magnetic behaviours in different structures of spin valves,depending on the properties of the under-layer.In our investigation,we have found that the magnetic behaviour of a Co layer depends mainly on the magnetization of the under-layer,whereas this is not the case for the NiFe layer.     

微腔有机电致发光器件角度依赖性的模拟与实验验证

为了分析微腔有机电致发光器件(MOLED)发光的角度依赖性,根据微腔计算公式,采用传输矩阵法进行了模拟计算,并进行了实验验证。所设计器件的结构为Glass/DBR/ITO(58 nm)/NPB(46 nm)/DPVBi(20 nm)/Alq₃(56 nm)/LiF(1 nm )/Al(150 nm)。由实验得到的电致发光(EL)谱可以观察到:随着探测角度的加大,发光峰蓝移、强度减小。与模拟得出的不同观测角度下的反射谱进行比较,发现透射峰值与EL峰值相对应。模拟分析发现,这是由于观测角不同,微腔两个反射镜的S和P偏振的反射率及反射相移不同,同时腔内光学厚度发生变化,即微腔长度变化共同作用所导致。     

Spin-Dependent Transport and Densities of States in Non-collinear Magnetic Barriers

The spin-dependent transport properties in the non-collinear pattern of series of δ-magnetic barriers are studied by using scattering theory and Green＇s function methods. The Green＇s function is obtained by using distorted wave approach and the scattering matrix is related by Fisher-Lee relationship. In addition to reproducing the results of Papp＇s and Xu＇s in parallel and antiparallel configurations, we also obtain further results, where arbitrary orientations of the magnetic barriers and arbitrary number of barriers are included. The main finding of our results is that the signs of polarizations can be switched around some ＂geometric unpolarized windows＂. The well-known antiparallel configuration has no such characteristics. Furthermore, we discuss spin-related partial densities of states in both polarized and unpolarized structures.     

粗糙波面光学传递函数像质评价准则和粗糙度公式理论

建立了包含波面像差和粗糙度影响的粗糙波面光学传递函数及其像质评价准则，讨论了粗糙度公差的理论和标准。     

Influence of the Interfaces on Magnetic Properties of Fe/Ag and Fe/Cu Multilayers Prepared by Sputtering

Hyperfine Interactions - Dependence of magnetic behavior of ultrathin Fe layers on the width of the interfaces was investigated by using dc-magnetron sputtering to grow (Fe(110)/Ag(111))...     

磁场中量子点内弱耦合磁极化子基态束缚能的温度依赖性

用线性组合算符法、LLP变换法和量子统计的方法,研究了温度对磁场中抛物量子点内弱耦合磁极化子的影响,得到了磁极化子基态能量和基态束缚能量与量子点的受限强度、回旋频率和温度的依赖关系。数值计算结果表明,磁极化子的基态束缚能量 E_b 随回旋频率ω_c的增加而增大,随温度参量γ的增加而减小, E_b 随γ的增加而减小的幅度,不仅与γ的取值范围有关,而且还与ω_c有显著关系, E_b 显著变化的γ范围随ω_c的增加而减小。     

A Green＇s function model for ferromagnetism and spin excitations of （Ga,Mn）As diluted magnetic semiconductors

We study (Ga, Mn)As diluted magnetic semiconductors in terms of the Ruderman--Kittel--Kasuya--Yosida quantum spin model in Green's function approach. Random distributions of the magnetic atoms are treated by using an analytical average of magnetic configurations. Average magnetic moments and spin excitation spectra as functions of temperature can be obtained by solving self-consistent equations, and the Curie temperature T_C is given explicitly. T_C is proportional to magnetic atomic concentration, and there exists a maximum for T_C as a function of carrier concentration. Applied to (Ga, Mn)As, the theoretical results are consistent with experiment and the experimental T_C can be obtained with reasonable parameters. This modelling can also be applied to other diluted magnetic semiconductors.