Exchange bias and its phase reversal in the zero magnetization admixed rare earth intermetallics

Details Exchange bias and its phase reversal in the zero magnetization admixed rare earth intermetallics Exchange bias and its phase reversal in the zero magnetization admixed rare earth intermetallics

2008-12-04

arxiv.org/abs/0812.0929v1

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 45, 2902 (2009)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

17 page text + 5 figures

Scientific paper

Exchange bias effect is an important attribute in several device applications. Traditionally, it is discussed as a form of exchange anisotropy at the interface between the ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic layers of two distinct systems. We report here on the magnetically ordered alloys possessing the feature of unidirectional anisotropy, which reverses its sign across a characteristic temperature. These are admixed rare earth intermetallics, comprising two dissimilar rare earth (RE) ions, belonging to the two different halves of the 4f-series and imbibing the notion of ferromagnetic coupling between the spins of all 4f-rare earth ions and that of the conduction electrons. Magnetic moments of dissimilar RE ions in such admixed alloys, however, get antiferromagnetically coupled and they display magnetic compensation feature such that the field induced reversal in the orientation of the magnetic moments of dissimilar rare earth ions happens across the compensation temperature (Tcomp). Above a threshold field, the conduction electron polarization also reverses its sign across Tcomp, this is argued to correlate with the observed phase reversal in the exchange bias field.

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