Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2011-02-28
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
10 Pages 5 Figures
Scientific paper
X-ray magnetic circular dichroism at the Er M4,5 edge is used to study the switching behavior of the hard ErFe2 layers in an epitaxial [ErFe2(70{\AA})/YFe2 (150{\AA})]{\times}25 exchange-spring superlattice. Magnetic hysteresis loops for the Er magnetization, at temperatures T < 200 K, reveal a switching behavior with a single type of irreversible switch corresponding to vertical exchange spring states. Experiments at T > 200 K reveal a crossover to a regime with two types of switching processes. Computational modelling for this system gives a semi-quantitative agreement with the experiment and reveals that the observed high temperature switching behavior is due to a spin-flop like reorientation transition. In contrast to conventional spin-flop transitions in antiferromagnets, in this exchange spring system the increase in anisotropy energy of the hard magnetic layers is overcome by the decrease in Zeeman energy of the soft layers. Computational studies also reveal the presence of transitions between vertical exchange spring and spin-flop states with a first-order character as well as continuous transitions between these states.
Bowden G. J.
Buckingham A. R.
de Groot Peter A. J.
der Laan van G.
Dhesi Sarnjeet S.
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