Monte Carlo study of magnetization reversal in the model of a hard/soft magnetic bilayer

Magnetization reversal in the model of a hard/soft magnetic bilayer under the action of an external magnetic field has been investigated by the Monte Carlo method. Calculations have been performed for three systems: (i) the model without a soft-magnetic layer (hard-magnetic layer), (ii) the model with a soft-magnetic layer of thickness 25 atomic layers (predominantly exchange-coupled system), and (iii) with 50 (weak exchange coupling) atomic layers. The effect of a soft-magnetic phase on the magnetization reversal of the magnetic bilayer and on the formation of a 1D spin spring in the magnetic bilayer has been demonstrated. An inf lection that has been detected on the arch of the hysteresis loop only for the system with weak exchange coupling is completely determined by the behavior of the soft layer in the external magnetic field. The critical fields of magnetization reversal decrease with increasing thickness of the soft phase.     

小尺寸正方形铁磁薄膜边界效应对磁化翻转过程的影响

用自旋动力学方法系统地研究磁偶极相互作用表现的边界效应对小尺寸正方形铁磁薄膜的磁化翻转过程的影响.在确定的磁偶极相互作用强度下,针对不同的单轴各向异性强度和不同的磁化角(外磁场与易轴间的夹角),具体给出矫顽场与磁化角及单轴各向异性强度之间的依赖关系和-些有代表性的磁滞回线,并给出磁化翻转过程中-些有代表性的微观磁结构.模拟结果表明:磁偶极相互作用表现的边界钉扎作用与单轴各向异性场之间的竞争决定磁滞回线的形状和矫顽场的大小,从而在不同磁化角情况下会导致不同的矫顽场机理.本文提出可有效地描述正方形铁磁性薄膜复杂微观磁畴结构的形成与演变的五磁畴模型.这种五磁畴模型既能直接揭示单轴各向异性正方形铁磁薄膜的几何特性和物理特性,也方便于磁化翻转过程的分析.     

Dependence of the ferromagnetic resonance modes on the coupling strength in exchange-coupled trilayer structures

The dependence of the dispersion relation and the magnetization on the exchange coupling strength was calculated for a system consisting of two ferromagnetic layers exchange-coupled through a nonmagnetic spacer layer. The magnetic layers are characterized by both uniaxial and cubic magnetocrystalline anisotropies. A minimization procedure was developed which allows the resonance modes to be obtained for any magnetic field orientation and strength, as well as for any exchange coupling strength. If the antiparallel coupled film is unsaturated at resonance, the dispersion relation for both acoustic and optic modes could be rather complex, especially when the field is applied in the plane of the film.     

Unidirectional anisotropy in ferromagnetic-ferrimagnetic film structures

A mechanism of unidirectional anisotropy formation in an exchange-coupled ferromagnetic-ferrimagnetic film structure with orthogonal effective magnetizations in the layers is investigated. The reason for unidirectional anisotropy is the magnetic heterogeneity of the ferrimagnetic layer in the compensation range. Magnetization reversal in the magnetically soft layer of an (REE–transition metal)/NiFe film structure is discussed based on a model of uniform rotation of magnetization. It is found that unidirectional anisotropy sharply decreases the magnetic noise level in the magnetically soft layer. The field of application of these materials is outlined.     

Study of the magnetic interaction in nanocrystalline Pr-Fe-Co-Nb-B permanent magnets

The magnetic properties of an isotropic, epoxy resin bonded magnets made from Pr-Fe-Co-Nb-B powder were investigated. The magnetization reversal process and magnetic parameters were examined by measurements of the initial magnetization curve, major and minor hysteresis loops and sets of recoil curves. From the initial magnetization curve and the field dependencies of the reversible and irreversible magnetization components derived from the recoil loops it was found that the magnetization reversal process is the combination of the nucleation of reversed domains and pinning of domain walls at the grain boundaries and the reversible rotation of magnetization vector in single domain grains. The interactions between grains were studied by means of δM plots. The nonlinear behavior of δM curve approve that the short range intergrain exchange coupling interactions are dominant in a field up to the sample coercivity.The interaction domains and fine magnetic structure were revealed as the evidence of exchange coupling between soft α-Fe and hard magnetic Nd₂Fe₁₄B grains.     

Magnetization reversal mechanisms in hybrid resin-bonded Nd–Fe–B magnets

The magnetic properties of isotropic epoxy resin-bonded magnets prepared by mixing a hard magnetic powder made from melt quenched Nd–Fe–Co–B ribbons and a soft magnetic iron powder have been examined. The magnetization reversal processes and the magnetic parameters have been studied by the measurement of the virgin magnetization curves, the major and minor hysteresis loops and sets of recoil curves. From these recoil curves the field dependence of the reversible and irreversible magnetization components during the magnetization and demagnetization processes has been derived. The remanence relationship was used to study the nature of magnetic interaction between the grains. A study of interaction domains was conducted using optical microscopy. Groups of domains, each over several grains, were observed. It was found that the reversal process in the samples investigated involves the rotation of magnetization vectors in the iron powder grains and pinning of domain walls at the MQP-B grain boundaries.     

纳米晶永磁Pr8Fe87B5反磁化机理研究

用熔体快淬法制备了Pr2Fe14B/α-Fe纳米复合永磁样品.测量了样品的起始磁化、反磁化过程、矫顽力和剩磁与外场的关系，以及样品的磁粘滞性.经分析认为材料的矫顽力主要由非均匀的钉扎机理决定，但由于交换硬化的软磁相的可逆转动使得这种反磁化机理不同于单相永磁材料的钉扎行为.磁粘滞性表明热激活主要源于硬磁相的不可逆磁化行为. 关键词： 纳米复合永磁 矫顽力 剩磁 磁粘滞     

3D calculation of hysteresis loops,magnetic orientations and reversal processes for exchange-spring bilayers with perpendicular anisotropy

Hysteresis loops and magnetic reversal processes have been determined by a three dimensional (3D) micromagnetic model for exchange-coupled Nd₂Fe₁₄B/α-Fe bilayers and carefully compared with a popular one-dimensional (1D) micromagnetic model. It is found that the calculated hysteresis loops, the critical fields and the magnetic phase diagrams agree well with the results given by the 1D model. However, the calculated nucleation mode is a quasi-curling one where the magnetic moment exhibits a curling in the film plane and varies in the thickness direction, in contrast with the reported quasi-coherent mode. The calculated spatial distribution of the magnetization orientation in the thickness direction at various applied fields signifies a three-step magnetic reversal process, which includes nucleation, growth and displacement of the domain wall as well as the rotation and the reversal of magnetization in the hard phase. The magnetic reversal of the hard phase is much slower than that given by the 1D model, leading to a more slant hysteresis loop near the coercivity point.     

Asymmetry in the dynamics of domain walls in thin exchange-coupled ferromagnetic films

The kinetics of remagnetization after magnetic field switching was studied by the magneto-optic visualization technique in the bilayer hybrid structure composed of exchange-coupled FeNi and FeMn films. It was observed that not only the static but the dynamic characteristics of remagnetization as well depend on the polarity of a field applied along the direction of easy magnetization. The rate of the process was found to be exponentially dependent on the field strength in both directions, but the rate varied by factors of 10 upon inversion of the field. It was shown that this difference is the consequence of variation of both the time of domains nucleation and the velocity of domain walls motion.     

Asymmetric Magnetization Reversal Probed by Recoil Loop Measurements inan Exchange Biased La0.67Sr0.33MnO3/La0.33Ca0.67MnO3 Bilayer Film

We exploit the recoil loop measurements to study La0.07 Sr0.33 Mn O3/La0.33 Ca0.67 Mn O3 bilayer film. the asymmetric magnetization reversal in an exchange-biased It is found that the recoil curve encloses a marked area only in the second quadrant of the hysteresis loop, and the recoil susceptibility in the descending branch of the major loop is evidently higher than that in the ascending branch. The study indicates that the exchange anisotropy of a unidirectional nature and an orientation deviated from the easy axis of the ferromagnetic layer plays a crucial role in creating the reversal asymmetry.     

Evolution of domain walls and reversal mechanism in exchange-coupled nanolayers

The demagnetization process for an exchange-coupled double-nanolayer system with perpendicular easy axes has been investigated within a micromagnetic model. The nucleation field, coercivity and angular distribution of the magnetization, have been obtained as functions of the thickness L of the misaligned layer, the layer with the easy axis perpendicular to the applied field. It is found that the coercivity is identical to the nucleation field only for very small L. For larger L (larger than a quarter of its Bloch wall width), the nucleation field is negative while the coercivity saturates at 0.414H_K, where H_K is the anisotropy field. Thus for larger L, the coercivity mechanism is self-pinning rather than pure nucleation. This self-pinning has both attributes of traditional nucleation and pinning.     

Magnetization reversal in the pinned layer of CoFe/PtMn bilayers

The magnetization reversal of the ferromagnetic (FM) layer in CoFe/PtMn exchange-coupled bilayer films has been investigated using bulk magnetometry. These films exhibit very complex angular dependence and the easy axis is perpendicular to the field applied during deposition and post-annealing. Holding the film at negative saturation of the FM layer for up to 17 h results in no change in the exchange field. We believe that this is a thermally stable exchange-coupled system. Only limited thermal activation with a small time constant appears and no thermally activated reversal of the antiferromagnetic layer with a large time constant exits.     

Perpendicular exchange bias of Co/Pt multilayers

Exchange bias measurements of ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic (F/AF) bilayers are typically performed with the magnetization of the F layer parallel to the AF interface. We describe measurements of Co/Pt multilayers with out-of-plane magnetic easy axis that are exchange biased with CoO. Field-cooling experiments with the applied field perpendicular and parallel to the sample plane exhibit loop shifts and enhanced coercivities. Modeling and comparison to biasing of samples with planar easy axis suggests such measurements provide a way to probe the spin projections at F/AF interfaces.     

GdFeCo/DyFeCo交换耦合两层薄膜磁化方向转变的研究

用磁控溅射法制备了GdFeCo/DyFeCo交换耦合两层薄膜，对交换耦合两层薄膜变温磁化方向进行了研究.结果表明读出层GdFeCo随温度上升从平面磁化转变成垂直磁化，转变过程中主要受饱和磁矩(M_s)的影响.在GdFeCo的补偿温度附近，读出层的磁化强度近于零，退磁场能减小，并在交换耦合的作用下，使读出层的磁化方向发生转变，制备的交换耦合两层薄膜具有中心孔磁超分辨效应. 关键词： 磁光记录 交换耦合两层薄膜 磁化     

Cluster analysis of an Ising-Preisach interacting particle system

The paper deals with the analysis of clusters' size in diverse magnetization states of a system of ferromagnetic particles organized in a perfect 2D array with all the anisotropy axes perpendicular to the plane (perpendicular medium) following the evolution of the clusters in correlation with various parameters like applied field or interaction strength. We present numerical simulations for a two-level Ising-type model each magnetic entity being characterized by a Stoner-Wohlfarth nonlinear energy barrier and a rectangular hysteresis loop (Ising-Preisach hysteron). In the simulations we took into account, the long-range inter-particle magnetostatic interactions in an attempt to mimic as accurately as possible with a still simple model, materials like Bit-Patterned media that are now considered as good candidates for the magnetic memories of the future.     

Fe nanowires in carbon nanotubes as an example of a one-dimensional system of exchange-coupled ferromagnetic nanoparticles

The cooperative phenomena revealed in the field and temperature dependences of the magnetization in a system of iron nanoparticles in carbon nanotubes were studied experimentally. The character of the temperature dependences of the magnetization indicates that the ferromagnetic Fe particles in carbon nanotubes are exchange-coupled. In the region where the magnetization approaches saturation, the magnetization curves reveal the power dependence ΔM～ H^?3/2 typical for a one-dimensional system of exchange-coupled ferromagnetic nanoparticles.     

GdFeCo/TbFeCo磁超分辨磁光记录薄膜研究

用磁控溅射法制备了GdFeCo/TbFeCo交换耦合两层薄膜,利用不同温度的克尔磁滞回线和VSM磁滞回线研究了读出层(GdFeCo)变温磁化方向变化过程.结果表明,随温度升高读出层从平面磁化转变为垂直磁化,交换耦合两层薄膜具有中心孔探测磁超分辨的基本性能.转变过程主要受饱和磁化强度（M_s）的影响,在GdFeCo的补偿温度附近,读出层的磁化强度较小,退磁场能也较小,在交换耦合的作用下,使读出层(GdFeCo)的磁化方向发生转变.磁化方向的转变在75℃~125℃的温度范围内变化较快.     

Magnetic structural properties in Alnico alloys under equilibrium conditions and under magnetization

Magnetic structure is studied as a function of the orientation of the easy magnetic axis with respect to ac (4 Hz) and dc magnetizing fields in specimens with various coercivities. Alternating boundary polarity was observed, and a system of magnetization distribution in the equilibrium state is given. Domain width in equilibrium states is measured for various angles of the demagnetizing field. Upon magnetization at various angles, various structural change processes were observed, which have been conditionally divided into four distinct types.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 8, pp. 68–73, August, 1975.     

Hysteresis behavior of the anisotropic quantum Heisenberg model

The effect of the anisotropy in the exchange interaction on the hysteresis loops within the anisotropic quantum Heisenberg model has been investigated with the effective field theory for two spin cluster. Particular attention has been devoted on the behavior of the hysteresis loop area, coercive field and remanent magnetization with the anisotropy in the exchange interaction for both ferromagnetic and paramagnetic phases.     

双模随机交错晶场对spin-1和spin-1/2混合自旋纳米管中Blume-Capel模型磁化强度的影响

利用有效场理论研究了纳米管上双模随机交错晶场中混合自旋Blume-Capel模型格点的平均磁化强度,得到了系统格点的平均磁化强度与双模随机晶场的取值概率、外磁场、晶场参数和晶场强度比值的关系.结果表明:取值概率、外磁场、交换相互作用、晶场强度比值和晶场强度等诸多因素相互竞争,使系统表现出比恒定晶场作用的Blume-Capel模型更为丰富的磁化现象;双模随机交错晶场会抑制系统的平均磁化强度,使其基态饱和值小于5/6;外磁场导致系统的二级相变消失;一定条件下系统发生一级相变;系统的平均磁化强度呈现部分缺失和负值现象.