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Hysteresis Loops of Magnetically Coupled Multilayers - Experiment and Calculations

  • Czapkiewicz, M.;Stobiecki, T.;Rak, R.;Wrona, J.;Kim, C.G.
    • Journal of Magnetics
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.60-64
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    • 2004
  • In this paper calculations of magnetisation and magnetoresistance characteristics of the Spin Valve (SV) and Pseudo Spin Valve (PSV) spintronics structures are reported and compared with the experimental data. The magnetisation reversal process was analysed with respect to the Stoner- Wohlfahrt model of total surface energy in terms of uniaxial anisotropy, exchange coupling between ferromagnetic layers, unidirectional exchange anisotropy of pinned layer (modelled by exchange coupling between magnetisation of pinned layer and net magnetisation of antiferromagnetic layer with high anisotropy). The numerical simulation of the model to the experimental magnetisation data yielded the above parameters for SV and PSV structures. These parameters were used to more sophistically micromagnetic modelling tool originating from the project called Object Oriented Micromagnetic Framework. Influence of the shape anisotropy of the Magnetic Tunnelling Junction cell used in MRAM was simulated by means of micromagnetic simulations. Results were compared to those obtained from the spot Kerr measurements.

Simulation of the Effect of Soft Underlayer Domain Wall Structure on Output Signal in Perpendicular Magnetic Recording

  • Kim, Eun-Sik;Lim, Chee-Kheng;Kim, Yong-Su;Lee, Ju
    • Journal of Magnetics
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.83-86
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    • 2006
  • Controlling magnetic domains in soft underlayer (SUL) of perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) is an important issue for the application of PMR in HDD. We studied the magnetic domain structures in SUL using the finite element based micromagnetic simulation (FEMM) for the SUL models with different thicknesses. The purpose is to simulate the magnetic domain wall noise when the SUL thickness and saturation magnetization are changed. The simulation results show that a 15 nm SUL forms simpler Neel wall domain wall pattern and 40 nm SUL forms complex Bloch wall. To visualize the effect of these domain walls stray field at a read sensor position, the magnetic stray field of the domain walls at air bearing surface (ABS) which is 50 nm above the SUL was simulated and the results imply that Bloch walls have stronger stray field with more complicated field patterns than Neel walls and this becomes a significant noise source. Therefore, the thickness of the SUL should be controlled to avoid the formation of Bloch walls.

Spin-Motive Force Caused by Vortex Gyration in a Circular Nanodisk with Holes

  • Moon, Jung-Hwan;Lee, Kyung-Jin
    • Journal of Magnetics
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.6-9
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    • 2011
  • Spin-motive force has drawn attention because it contains a fundamental physical property. Spin-motive force creates effective electric and magnetic fields in moving magnetization; a vortex is a plausible system for observing the spin-motive force because of the abrupt profile of magnetization. However, the time-averaged value of a spin-motive force becomes zero when a vortex core undergoes gyroscopic motion. By means of micromagnetic simulation, we demonstrates that a non-zero time-averaged electric field induced by spin-motive force under certain conditions. We propose an experimental method of detecting spin-motive force that provides a better understanding of spin transport in ferromagnetic system.

Numerical Formula of Depinning Fields from Notches in Ferromagnetic Permalloy Nanowire

  • Kim, Kab-Jin;You, Chun-Yeol;Choe, Sug-Bong
    • Journal of Magnetics
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.136-139
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    • 2008
  • A simplified equation of depinning fields from notches of ferromagnetic Permalloy nanowires is presented. The derived equation is given in the form of an explicit function of nanowire width and thickness, and notch depth and angle. The equation agrees with all micromagnetic simulation results to an accuracy of ${\pm}$ 0.5 mT.