Nonlinear dynamics of a ferrofluid pendulum

A ferrofluid torsion pendulum in an oscillating magnetic field exhibits a rich variety of nonlinear self-oscillatory regimes. The dynamics is governed by the system of coupled differential equations for the in- and off-axis components of the fluid magnetization and the pendulum angular deflection. In the limiting case of high driving frequency, the system reduces to the sole Rayleigh-type equation. Much more complicated temporal patterns arise when the field frequency and the pendulum eigen frequency are of the same order.     

Heat-treatment effect on structure and magnetic properties of hard magnetic Co-W films for perpendicular magnetic recording

The variations of coercivity for different preferred orientation (PO) of electrodeposited Co-W films with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy are demonstrated by manipulating the inter-particle separation through the heat-treatment effect. The character of the dependences corresponds to magnetization reversal of the films with (002) PO by the rotational mechanism.     

Magnetoelectric control of domain walls in a ferrite garnet film

A displacement of magnetic domain walls under the effect of an electric field is observed in epitaxial ferrite garnet films (on substrates with the (210) orientation). The displacement of the domain walls changes to the opposite when the electric field changes sign, and it is independent of the direction of magnetization in the domains. The mechanism proposed for explaining the observed phenomenon is based on the inhomogeneous magnetoelectric effect.     

Effect of disorder on the magnetic properties of a partially filled skutterudite

The magnetic properties of the partially filled skutterudite Eu(0.5)Co(4)Sb(12) are investigated by a model Hamiltonian, with special emphasis on the effect of ordering and disordering occupancy of the filler atoms Eu on the magnetic properties. The magnetization, magnetic specific heat and entropy are calculated within the mean-field approximation. By introducing the position disorder of the filler atoms, the critical temperature T(C) above which the magnetization disappears is changed. The magnetization curve near T(C) also becomes concave compared to the convex magnetization of the ordered system. The filler disordering also leads to a kink in the isothermal magnetization curve and a valley in the magnetic specific heat near T(C). The effective magnetic field acting on the localized spin of the filler atoms has a competitive effect with the disorder and therefore makes the valley disappear.     

Predicted magnetoelectric effect in Fe/BaTiO3 multilayers: ferroelectric control of magnetism

An unexplored physical mechanism which produces a magnetoelectric effect in ferroelectric-ferromagnetic multilayers is studied based on first-principles calculations. Its origin is a change in bonding at the ferroelectric-ferromagnet interface that alters the interface magnetization when the electric polarization reverses. Using Fe/BaTiO3 multilayers as a representative model, we show a sizable difference in magnetic moments of Fe and Ti atoms at the two interfaces dissimilar by the orientation of the local electric dipole moments. The predicted magnetoelectric effect opens a new direction to control magnetic properties of thin-film layered structures by electric fields.     

Asymmetric magnetization reversal in exchange-biased hysteresis loops

Polarized neutron reflectometry is used to probe the in-plane projection of the net-magnetization vector M--> of polycrystalline Fe films exchange coupled to twinned (110) MnF (2) or FeF (2) antiferromagnetic (AF) layers. The magnetization reversal mechanism depends upon the orientation of the cooling field with respect to the twinned microstructure of the AF, and whether the applied field is increased to (or decreased from) a positive saturating field; i.e. , the magnetization reversal is asymmetric. The reversal of the sample magnetization from one saturated state to the other occurs via either domain wall motion or magnetization rotation on opposite sides of the same hysteresis loop.     

FeCo二元合金纳米线阵列的磁化反转

利用交流电化学沉积方法在氧化铝模板中制备了一维结构的Fe_xCo_1-x(0 ≤ x ≤ 0.51)二元合金纳米线阵列.X射线衍射结果显示,单质Co纳米线为(100)择优取向的hcp结构,FeCo合金纳米线则呈现(110)择优取向的bcc结构,而且衍射峰随纳米线中Fe含量的增加向低角度偏移.室温磁性测量结果显示, FeCo合金纳米线具有较好的磁特性.与Co纳米线相比,Fe的引入改善了Co纳米线的磁性能,使其呈现出较大的矫顽力和较高的矩形比.采用一致转动模型和对称扇形机理的球链模型分别计算了FeCo合金纳米线的矫顽力, 发现其磁化反转机理与对称扇形机理的球链模型相符合.     

Role of exchange and magnetostatic interactions in the effect of thermal magnetization of fine-crystalline alloys of highly anisotropic magnetics

The theory of micromagnetism has been applied to a system consisting of plane-parallel layers of a monoaxial magnetic which differ by the orientation of easy magnetization axes to numerically investigate the effect of thermal magnetization which was simulated by varying the anisotropy constant. It has been revealed that the effect of thermal magnetization does not show up if the exchange interaction between the layers is disregarded. An enhancement of magnetostatic interaction, which was simulated by increasing the degree of noncomplanarity of the easy magnetization axes in the system layers results in a reduction of the effect. __________ Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 8, pp. 8–11, August, 2007.     

GdFeCo/AlN/TbFeCo薄膜的变温磁化性能研究

用磁控溅射法制备了GdFeCo/AlN/TbFeCo静磁耦合多层薄膜。振动样品磁强计和克尔磁滞回线测试装置的测试结果表明 :2 5℃不加外磁场时GdFeCo/AlN/TbFeCo静磁耦合多层薄膜读出层 (GdFeCo)的极向克尔角为零 ,读出层呈平面磁化 ;12 5℃不加外场时读出层的克尔角最大 (0 .5 4°) ,读出层的磁化方向为垂直磁化 ;随着温度增高 ,读出层由平面磁化转变为垂直磁化 ,在 75℃到 12 5℃温度范围内读出层磁化方向很快从平面磁化转变为垂直磁化。对磁化过程的机理研究表明 :饱和磁化强度和有效各向异性常量影响读出层磁化方向的转变过程 ,但主要受读出层饱和磁化强度的影响 ;在较高温度时读出层的磁化强度较小 ,退磁场能较小 ,在静磁耦合作用下 ,使GdFeCo读出层的磁化方向发生转变。制备的GdFeCo/AlN/TbFeCo静磁耦合多层薄膜适合作CAD MSR记录介质     

Simulation of magnetization behaviours of Sm（Co,Fe,Cu,Zr）z magnet with low Cu content

The effects of microstructure, cell orientation and temperature on magnetic properties and the coercivity mechanism in Sm(Co,Fe,Cu,Zr)z with low Cu content are studied by using the micromagnetic finite element method in this paper. The simulations of the demagnetization behaviours indicate that the pinning effect weakens gradually with the thickness of cell boundary decreasing and strengthens gradually with the cell size decreasing. Because of the intergrain exchange coupling, the coercivity mechanism is determined by the difference in magnetocrystalline anisotropy between the cell phase and the cell boundary phase. And the coercivity mechanism is related to not only the cells alignment but also temperature. With temperature increasing, a transformation of the demagnetization mechanism occurs from the domain pinning to the uniform magnetization reversal mode and the transformation temperature is about 650~K.     

Domain wall motion in ferromagnetic systems with perpendicular magnetization

Although we lack clear experimental evidence, apparently out-of-plane magnetized systems are better suited for spintronic applications than the in-plane magnetized ones, mainly due to the smaller current densities required for achieving domain wall motion. [Co/Pt] multilayers belong to the first category of materials, the out-of-plane magnetization orientation arising from the strong perpendicular magnetocrystalline anisotropy. If the magnetization arranges itself out-of-plane narrow Bloch walls occur. In the present paper, both field and current-driven domain wall motion have been investigated for this system, using micromagnetic simulations. Three types of geometries have been taken into account: bulk, thin film and wire, and for all of them a full comparison is done between the effect of the applied field and injected current. The reduction of the system's dimension induces the decrease of the critical field and the critical current, but it does not influence the domain wall displacement mechanism.     

Effect of optical spin injection on ferromagnetically coupled Mn spins in the III-V magnetic alloy semiconductor (Ga,Mn)As

We report on the new type of photoinduced magnetization in ferromagnetic (Ga,Mn)As thin films. Optically generated spin-polarized holes change the orientation of ferromagnetically coupled Mn spins and cause a large change in magnetization, being 15% of the saturation magnetization, without the application of a magnetic field. The memorization effect has also been found as a trace after the photoinduced magnetization. The observed results suggest that a small amount of nonequilibrium carrier spins can cause collective rotation of Mn spins presumably through the p-d exchange interaction.     

Experimental observation of disorder-driven hysteresis-loop criticality

We have studied the effect of magnetic disorder on the magnetization reversal process in thin Co/CoO films. The antiferromagnetic CoO layer allows a reversible tuning of the magnetic disorder by simple temperature variation. For temperatures above a critical temperature T(c), we observe a discontinuous magnetization reversal, whereas smooth magnetization loops occur for T相似文献   

Magnetic-Field-Induced Optical Second-Harmonic Generation Study of Co/Pt and Co/Ta Interfaces

Magnetic properties of an interface between cobalt and platinum or tantalum nanolayers have been studied by the optical second-harmonic generation and nonlinear magneto-optical Kerr effect methods. It has been shown that a high sensitivity of the second-harmonic generation method makes it possible to determine the orientation of the easy magnetization axis in the plane of a polycrystalline structure without measurement of the magnetic field dependence of second-harmonic generation. The comparison of the field dependences of magnetic-field-induced second-harmonic generation with the linear magneto-optical effect indicates the difference in the processes of magnetization reversal in Co/Pt and Co/Ta interfaces and the bulk of the cobalt film. In particular, a new linear in magnetization effect has been observed in the second harmonic that is symmetry-forbidden for uniformly magnetized structures.     

Correlated defects,metal-insulator transition,and magnetic order in ferromagnetic semiconductors

The effect of disorder on transport and magnetization in ferromagnetic III-V semiconductors, in particular (Ga,Mn)As, is studied theoretically. We show that Coulomb-induced correlations of the defect positions are crucial for the transport and magnetic properties of these highly compensated materials. We employ Monte Carlo simulations to obtain the correlated defect distributions. Exact diagonalization gives reasonable results for the spectrum of valence-band holes and the metal-insulator transition only for correlated disorder. Finally, we show that the mean-field magnetization also depends crucially on defect correlations.     

Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_8单晶中的反常尖锋效应

使用牛津震动样品磁强计 (VSM)研究了Bi2 Sr2 CaCu2 O8单晶的磁滞回线 .在 2 0到 40K温度之间发现了反常的尖锋效应 ,随样品O含量的增加 ,发生尖锋效应的外场也相应提高 .可以认为在尖峰效应处发生了由涡漩物质的有序固态到无序固态的相变 ,在有少量点缺陷存在的BSCCO单晶相图上 ,Bsp线终止于 2 0K温度处 ,在 2 0K以下温区没有发生准格子到涡漩玻璃的相变 ,涡漩固相始终以准格子形式存在 ;可以认为尖峰效应是外场、温度、无序的复杂函数     

Composition-controlled exchange bias training effect in FeCr/IrMn bilayers

For FeCr/IrMn bilayers, the exchange bias training effect and the magnetization reversal mechanism are correlated to each other and depend on the composition of the ferromagnetic layer. For high Fe contents, the asymmetric magnetization reversal is observed. During the training effect, both exchange field and coercivity decrease monotonically, suggesting a type I training effect. For low Fe contents, the domain wall depinning takes place for the two hysteresis loop branches. Only exchange field diminution happens in the training effect. The coercivity almost does not change in the process, corresponding to a type II training effect. It is suggested that the motion of antiferromagnetic spins is modified by the magnetization reversal mechanism in the ferromagnetic layer.     

Disorder induced negative magnetization in LaSrCoRuO6

This paper reports effect of thermally induced disorder on the magnetic properties of LaSrCoRuO₆ double perovskite. While the ordered sample is antiferromagnetic, the disordered sample exhibits negative values of magnetization measured in low applied fields. Isothermal magnetization on this sample shows hysteresis due to the presence of ferromagnetic interactions. Based on neutron diffraction and X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) studies, these results have been interpreted to be due to disorder in site occupancy of Co and Ru leading to octahedral distortions and formation of Ru-O-Ru ferromagnetic linkages. Below 150 K these ferromagnetic Ru spins polarize the Co spins in a direction opposite to that of the applied field resulting in observed negative magnetization.     

Effect of noncrystallographic magnetic anisotropy on magnetization reversal in multilayer magnetic films

A study has been carried out of the magnetization of a layered system consisting of two exchange-coupled easy-axis ferromagnetic layers separated by a nonmagnetic spacer and having mutually perpendicular anisotropy axes. It is shown that the magnetization of such a system can undergo stepwise decrease with increasing magnetic field. The field dependence of the magnetization has a bifurcation point. The magnetization orientation can exhibit jumps in excess of 90° depending on the angle of magnetic-field orientation. Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 41, 660–664 (April 1999)     

Pressure effect on magnetic moments in ordered Ni3Mn and disordered Ni100−x Mn x alloys: ab initio calculation and experiment

We have revealed a substantial difference in the pressure behavior of magnetization of the ordered Ni₃Mn and the disordered Ni₇₅Mn₂₅ and Ni₈₀Mn₂₀ alloys in the pressure range up to 1.2 GPa. To explain in detail the peculiarities of magnetic properties of the Ni-rich NiMn alloys, the reference electronic structure of the alloys was calculated using the tight-binding linear muffin-tin orbital approach. The effect of disorder was described by the coherent potential approximation. The theoretical ab initio calculations (with changes of the lattice parameters up to 1%) elucidated the pressure stability of the magnetic Mn moments and revealed that the very pronounced decrease in the magnetization of the disordered alloys under pressure is caused by the relatively small change in portion of the Mn moments with parallel and anti-parallel orientation with respect to the total moment. The quantitative agreement with experiment has been reached for the pressure parameters dln M/dP.