Controlling the exchange interaction using the spin-flip transition of antiferromagnetic spins in Ni$_{81}$Fe$_{19}$ / $α$-Fe$_2$O$_3$

Details Controlling the exchange interaction using the spin-flip transition of antiferromagnetic spins in Ni$_{81}$Fe$_{19}$ / $α$-Fe$_2$O$_3$ Controlling the exchange interaction using the spin-flip transition of antiferromagnetic spins in Ni$_{81}$Fe$_{19}$ / $α$-Fe$_2$O$_3$

2004-11-10

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0411266v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

15 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.71.180402

We report studies of exchange bias and coercivity in ferromagnetic Ni$_{81}$Fe$_{19}$ layers coupled to antiferromagnetic (AF) (0001), (11$\bar{2}$0), and (11$\bar{0}$2) $\alpha$-Fe$_2$O$_3$ layers. We show that AF spin configurations which permit spin-flop coupling give rise to a strong uniaxial anisotropy and hence a large coercivity, and that by annealing in magnetic fields parallel to specific directions in the AF we can control either coercivity or exchange bias. In particular, we show for the first time that a reversible temperature-induced spin reorientation in the AF can be used to control the exchange interaction.

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