Model study for the nonequlibrium magnetic domain structure during the growth of nanostructured ultrathin films

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2000-12-19

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0012355v3

J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 238, pp. 258-269 (2002)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks

19 pages, 4 Postscript figures; to be published in J. Magn. Magn. Mater., accepted (2001); completely revised manuscript

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0304-8853(01)00926-X

The nonequilibrium magnetic domain structure of growing ultrathin ferromagnetic films with a realistic atomic structure is studied as a function of coverage and temperature. We apply a kinetic Monte Carlo method to a micromagnetic model describing the transition from superparamagnetic islands at low coverages to a closed ferromagnetic film. The magnetic relaxation and the island growth happen simultaneously. Near the percolation threshold a metastable magnetic domain structure is obtained with an average domain area ranging between the area of individual magnetic islands and the area of the large domains observed for thicker ferromagnetic films. We conclude that this micro-domain structure is controlled and stabilized by the nonuniform atomic nanostructure of the ultrathin film, causing a random interaction between magnetic islands with varying sizes and shapes. The average domain area and domain roughness are determined. A maximum of the domain area and a minimum of the domain roughness are obtained as a function of the temperature.

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