Ballistic (precessional) contribution to the conventional magnetic switching

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2011-06-20

arxiv.org/abs/1106.3976v1

Applied Physics Letter 98, 142501 (2011)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.3570635

We consider a magnetic moment with an easy axis anisotropy energy, switched by an external field applied along this axis. Additional small, time-independent bias field is applied perpendicular to the axis. It is found that the magnet's switching time is a non-monotonic function of the rate at which the field is swept from "up" to "down". Switching time exhibits a minimum at a particular optimal sweep time. This unusual behavior is explained by the admixture of a ballistic (precessional) rotation of the moment caused by the perpendicular bias field in the presence of a variable switching field. We derive analytic expressions for the optimal switching time, and for the entire dependence of the switching time on the field sweep time. The existence of the optimal field sweep time has important implications for the optimization of magnetic memory devices.

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