Fe/MnPd薄膜各向异性和矫顽力的研究

从理论和实验上对Fe/MnPd薄膜的交换偏置效应、各向异性和矫顽力的增加作了系统的研究.研究表明,在FM/AF结构中,FM和AF的交换耦合作用会诱导系统产生高阶各向异性,在Fe/MnPd结构中获得的单轴和立方各向异性的大小同单轴各向异性与铁磁层的厚度成反比关系一样.同时,铁磁层(FM)和反铁磁层(AF)的交换耦合作用诱导而产生的高阶各向异性的存在是使系统矫顽力增加的重要原因. 关键词：     

Numerical study of exchange bias in antiferromagnetic/ferromagnetic core/shell nanoparticles with non-magnetic defects

We perform Monte Carlo simulations for an antiferromagnetic/ferromagnetic core/shell nanoparticle with a doubly inverted structure. We investigate the dependence of the exchange bias field and coercivity on the magnetic dilution of the shell-interface and shell part. It is demonstrated that exchange bias and coercivity can exhibit monotonic or non-monotonic behavior depending on the location of the non-magnetic components. Also, temperature dependence of the exchange bias and coercivity of the system are studied for a particular defect concentration value. Our results provide an alternative way for tunning the magnetic properties of doubly inverted nanoparticles.     

铁磁/反铁磁双层膜中交换偏置及矫顽场的温度特性研究

讨论了铁磁-反铁磁双层膜中交换偏置和矫顽场随温度变化的关系。在本模型中,温度的依赖性来源于系统态的热激发以及相关磁学参量的温度依赖性。数值结果显示:低温下,交换偏置和矫顽场随温度的升高而减少,但是随着界面的交换耦合的增强或铁磁层各向异性的减少,其交换偏置变得平坦。随着温度的升高,交换偏置减少直至零;而矫顽场却达到峰值后再减为零。这些结果与实验结果定性一致。根据数值计算结果,可以预见软的铁磁层耦合上硬的反铁磁层,在恰当的交换耦合强度下,可构建具有大的交换偏置、小矫顽场;并在某温度区几乎不随温度变化的磁存贮器件.     

非磁性掺杂下的铁磁/反铁磁系统中的交换偏置和矫顽场

采用Monte Carlo方法,分别讨论了在铁磁/反铁磁双层膜和铁磁/反铁磁单层混合膜中,掺入非磁性物质后,掺杂浓度对交换偏置以及矫顽场的影响.计算结果表明:随着掺杂浓度的增大,双层膜和单层膜交换偏置都有先增大后减小的现象,而其矫顽场则先减小后增大.在相同掺杂浓度下,对随机掺杂和规则掺杂两种不同掺杂方式的结果比较发现:铁磁/反铁磁双层膜中,规则掺杂下产生的交换偏置和矫顽场都得到了增强;对于单层混合膜,随机掺杂下的交换偏置更强,规则掺杂下的矫顽场更大.研究发现对于双层膜规则掺杂可明显地导致其磁滞回线的不对称性,说明铁磁/反铁磁系统中磁滞回线的不对称性与界面自旋微结构密切相关.     

Exchange bias and blocking temperature in Co/FeMn/CuNi trilayers

Aspects of exchange bias between antiferromagnets and ferromagnets remain unclear despite recent research. An outstanding issue is the relationship between exchange bias and enhanced coercivity in the ferromagnetic layer. This Letter reports the unexpected finding that a substantial exchange bias can be generated between an antiferromagnet (FeMn) with a higher ordering temperature than that of the ferromagnet (CuNi). We interpret the result in terms of a temperature-dependent competition between interfacial exchange and antiferromagnet anisotropy energies. Crossover of these energies during cooling is responsible for the onset of exchange bias at the blocking temperature.     

The influence of annealing on the structural and magnetic properties of C/CoCrPt/CrTi trilayer recording media

Post-deposition annealing was performed on trilayer films consisting of a C overcoat layer on top of CoCrPt/CrTi/glass substrate. We observed a coercivity of 3600 Oe in the films with a 4 nm C overcoat, which was about three times larger than the coercivity of similar films without a C overcoat. This is most likely due to the significant decrease in intergranular exchange coupling for the films with C overcoat, as shown by the annealing treatment. It is believed that the diffusion of C into CoCrPt grain boundaries promotes magnetic grain isolation.     

铁磁/反铁磁双层膜系统中的磁畴动力学行为

比较了铁磁单层膜与铁磁/反铁磁双层膜结构中的磁畴演化行为, 发现由于反铁磁层膜对铁磁层膜的耦合作用使得系统的磁畴壁厚度、 磁畴壁等效质量、磁畴壁移动速度等发生了改变, 系统的矫顽场增强, 并出现了交换偏置场. 文章具体研究了反铁磁层耦合作用下其磁畴壁厚度、 等效质量以及磁畴壁移动速度等与反铁磁层的净磁化、 磁各向异性、界面耦合强度以及温度等的关系; 并研究了其对铁磁/反铁磁双层膜中的交换偏置场、矫顽场的影响. 进而 从磁畴结构的形成及其演化上揭示了铁磁/反铁磁双 层膜中出现交换偏置以及矫顽场增加的物理机制.     

High coercivity in large exchange-bias Co/CoO-MgO nano-granular films

We present a detailed study on the magnetic coercivity of Co/CoO-MgO core-shell systems, which exhibits a large exchange bias due to an increase of the uncompensated spin density at the interface between the CoO shell and the metallic Co core by replacing Co by Mg within the CoO shell. We find a large magnetic coercivity of 7120 Oe around the electrical percolation threshold of the Co/CoO core/shell particles, while samples with a smaller or larger Co metal volume fraction show a considerably smaller coercivity. Thus, this study may lead to a route to improving the magnetic properties of artificial magnetic material in view of potential applications.     

Angular dependences of the switching field and coercivity for magnetic multilayer films with strain caused by lattice mismatch

The angular dependences of the switching field and coercivity for magnetic multilayer films with strain caused by lattice mismatch are studied in detail with the help of the Stoner-Wohlfarth model. The expressions or equations for determining the switching field and the coercivity are obtained analytically, taking the strain effect into consideration. With these analytical expressions, the roles of the strain and the unidirectional anisotropy (exchange coupling) are displayed clearly. Compared to the standard Stoner-Wohlfarth model (without strain), the centers of the curves of the switching field and coercivity are found to shift from π/2 to π/2+θ^∗ due to the in-plane strain caused by the lattice mismatch between the film and substrate. For the ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic exchange bias systems, the angularly dependent amplitude of the switching field or coercivity exhibits an obvious asymmetry. The staggering or separation of the peaks of the two branches of the coercivity results in a jump phenomenon in the curves for the exchange bias field and the coercivity near θ^∗.     

Temperature dependence of exchange bias and coercivity in ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic bilayers

A model for the temperature dependence of exchange bias and coercivity in epitaxial ferromagnetic (FM)/ antiferromagnetic (AFM) bilayers is developed. In this model, the interface coupling includes two contributions, the direct coupling and the spin-flop coupling. The temperature dependence arises from the thermal disturbance to the system, involved in the thermal fluctuations of magnetization of AFM grains and the temperature modulation of the relevant magnetic parameters. In addition, the randomness of original orientations of easy axes of AFM grains after field cooling is taken into account. A self-consistent calculation scheme is proposed and numerical treatment is carried out. The results show that the temperature dependence of exchange bias and coercivity is closely related to the sizes of AFM grains and the interface exchange coupling constants. Especially, the exchange bias will have a peak and the blocking temperature will increase if the spin-flop coupling plays a role. On the other hand, the original orientation distribution of easy axes of AFM grains will affect exchange bias and coercivity prominently. The prediction has been well supported by experiments.Received: 12 May 2004, Published online: 31 August 2004PACS: 75.30.Et Exchange and superexchange interactions - 75.50.Ee Antiferromagnetics - 75.30.Gw Magnetic anisotropy     

铁磁/反铁磁双层膜系统中的交换偏置及矫顽场的温度特性

提出了一个讨论铁磁／反铁磁双层膜中的交换偏置及矫顽场温度特性的物理模型，该模型，假设铁磁层为具有单畴各向异性的单畴膜而反铁磁层由许多相互独立具有多晶各向异性的颗粒组成，其温度依赖性主要来源于系统态的热不稳定，包括反铁磁颗粒易轴取向的热涨落和相关磁学量的温度依赖性等。计算结果表明其交换偏置随温度的增加非线性地减少而其矫顽场在体阻截温度处达极大值，且其体阻截温度随反铁磁颗粒粒径的增加而增加。我们的计算结果和相关实验结果一致，通过本的讨论，我们建议通过铁磁膜耦合上大粒径硬反铁磁颗粒膜可获得高交换偏置、低矫顽场且近独立于温度的相关磁学器件。     

交换偏置双层膜中的反铁磁自旋结构及其交换各向异性

研究了交换偏置双层膜中界面存在二次以及双二次交换耦合下反铁磁磁矩转动及其交换各向异性.结果表明，其反铁磁膜中的磁矩转动存在可逆“恢复行为”、不可逆“半转动行为”、不可逆“倒转行为”以及不可逆“半倒转行为”四种情形，四种情形的出现强烈地依赖于界面二次、双二次耦合以及反铁磁膜厚度.其中可逆恢复行为情况下，系统出现交换偏置，而不可逆的半转、半倒转以及倒转情形，系统不出现交换偏置.特别地,在界面处仅存在双二次耦合的情形下，其界面双二次耦合常数J₂≤0.1 σ关键词： 反铁磁自旋结构 交换各向异性 界面双二次耦合 交换偏置     

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.     

Exchange bias effect in partially oxidized amorphous Fe-Ni-B based metallic glass nanostructures

The magnetic properties of amorphous Fe-Ni-B based metallic glass nanostructures were investigated. The nanostructures underwent a spin-glass transition at temperatures below 100 K and revealed an irreversible temperature following the linear de Almeida-Thouless dependence. When the nanostructures were cooled below 25 K in a magnetic field, they exhibited an exchange bias effect with enhanced coercivity. The observed onset of exchange bias is associated with the coexistence of the spin-glass phase along with the appearance of another spin-glass phase formed by oxidation of the structurally disordered surface layer, displaying a distinct training effect and cooling field dependence. The latter showed a maximum in exchange bias field and coercivity, which is probably due to competing multiple equivalent spin configurations at the boundary between the two spin-glass phases.     

Exchange bias and asymmetric reversal in nanostructured dot arrays

The size dependence of exchange bias field HE and coercivity Hc was studied by measuring exchange biased Fe-FeF2 dot arrays in comparison with an unstructured exchange biased Fe-FeF2 bilayer. The domain sizes in the ferromagnet (FM) and the antiferromagnet (AFM) play an important role for exchange bias (EB), and thus interesting phenomena may be expected when the size of an EB system becomes comparable to these sizes. We observe drastic changes of HE and Hc in nanostructured Fe-FeF2, which are unexpected because they appear even at a structure size which is too large for matching with AFM or FM domain size to play a role. We propose that under certain conditions the hysteresis loop is affected differently in the two branches of the reversal by shape anisotropy due to patterning. This is possible because the EB induces a reversal asymmetry already in the unpatterned bilayer system.     

纳米晶永磁Pr2Fe14B微磁学有限元法的模拟计算研究

根据实验数据，构造了接近实际纳米晶永磁Pr2Fe14B的样品，用微磁学有限元法进行了模拟计算.计算结果表明，晶界处各向异性的下降会导致矫顽力减小、剩磁值增大，而晶界处交换作用常数的减小则会使剩磁值减小、矫顽力增大.通过对实验样品的模拟研究发现，晶界处各向异性和交换作用常数的共同减小能够同时拟合出真实的矫顽力和剩磁值.模拟计算与实验在退磁曲线形状上的差距则说明模拟还存在不足. 关键词： 纳米晶永磁 磁滞回线 矫顽力 剩磁     

Temperature Dependence of Exchange Bias and Coercivity in Ferromagnetic Layer Coupled with Polycrystalline Antiferromagnetic Layer

The temperature dependence of exchange bias and coercivity in a ferromagnetic layer coupled with an antiferromagnetic layer is discussed. In this model, the temperature dependence comes from the thermal instability of the system states and the temperature modulated relative magnetic parameters. Morever, the thermal fluctuation of orientations of easy axes of antiferromagnetic grains at preparing has been considered. From the present model, the experimental results can be illustrated qualitatively for available magnetic parameters. Based on our discussion, we can conclude that soft ferromagnetic layer coupled by hard antiferromagnetic layer may be very applicable to design magnetic devices. In special exchange coupling, we can get high exchange bias and low coercivity almost independent of temperature for proper temperature ranges.     

Oscillation of coercivity between positive and negative in MnxGe1-x：H ferromagnetic semiconductor films

Amorphous MnxGe1-x :H ferromagnetic semiconductor films prepared in mixed Ar with 20% H2 by magnetron cosputtering show global ferromagnetism with positive coercivity at low temperatures. With increasing temperature, the coercivity of MnxGe1-x :H films first changes from positive to negative, and then back to positive again, which was not found in the corresponding MnxGe1-x and other ferromagnetic semiconductors before. For Mn0.4Ge0.6 :H film, the inverted Hall loop is also observed at 30 K, which is consistent with the negative coercivity. The negative coercivity is explained by the antiferromagnetic exchange coupling between the H-rich ferromagnetic regions separated by the H-poor non-ferromagnetic spacers. Hydrogenation is a useful method to tune the magnetic properties of MnxGe1-x films for the application in spintronics.     

Influence of magnetic field sweep rate on the hysteresis loops of Ni0.8Fe0.2/Fe0.5Mn0.5 exchange bias bilayer

The influence of the magnetic field sweep rate on the hysteresis loops of exchange bias Ni0.8Fe0.2/Fe0.5Mn0.5 bilayers has been investigated with a vibrating sample magnetometer. It was found that the sweep rate of 13.6 kA/4πms is high enough to bring about obvious changes in the hysteresis loops of the exchange bias bilayer. High sweep rate in the magnetization reversal stage enlarges the coercivity of the sample, while high sweep rate in the saturation state reduces the coercivity. The above phenomena were attributed to magnetic viscosity in the ferromagnetic layer enhanced by the interface exchange interaction and domain magnetization reversals assisted by thermal fluctuation in the antiferromagnetic layer respectively.     

Resultant exchange bias and coercivity on rotatable antiferromagnetic anisotropy in ellipsoidal core/shell nanoparticles

A special consideration has been conducted on the dependencies of exchange bias and coercivity on rotatable antiferromagnetic anisotropy with respect to the collinear ferromagnetic anisotropy and field-cooling directions in ellipsoidal core/shell nanoparticles. With increasing the angle between antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic easy axes, exchange bias field and coercivity both exhibit biaxial symmetries about the ferromagnetic easy and hard axes. Moreover, the variations of the antiferromagnetic anisotropy constant cannot change the trends of these novel behaviors, but only control their occurrences by dominating the coercive field behaviors. This new exchange-biased feature obtained by means of the special nanoparticle shape and the relative angle between anisotropies is of technological importance for maximizing exchange bias, in order to optimize the designs of the involved devices.