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MA: Fachverband Magnetismus

MA 35: Poster 2

MA 35.47: Poster

Thursday, September 8, 2022, 16:00–18:00, P4

Micromagnetic simulation of magnetic reversal processes in exchange biased micro stripes — •Lukas Paetzold, Sapida Akhundzada, Christian Janzen, Michael Vogel, and Arno Ehresmann — Institute of Physics and Center for Interdisciplinary Nanostructure Science and Technology (CINSaT), University of Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Strasse 40, 34132 Kassel, Germany

Exchange bias, being first observed by Meiklejohn and Bean [1] and described as a unidirectional anisotropy, is a well-known interface effect between antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic thin films. Initiated by field cooling [1], sputter deposition [2], or light-ion bombardment [3] the effect appears as a shift of the hysteresis loop and increased coercive fields [4]. Micromagnetic simulations [5,6] are presented for investigating the magnetic reversal processes in exchange biased micro stripes with a polycrystalline uncompensated antiferromagnetic layer. Special focus is put on the nucleation processes occurring in the microscopic range depending on the stripe width.

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[2] A. E. Berkowitz et al., J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 200, 552-570 (1999)

[3] D. Engel et al., J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 293, 849-853 (2005)

[4] J. Nogués et al., J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 192(2), 203-232 (1999)

[5] A. Vansteenkiste et al., AIP Advances 4, 107133 (2014)

[6] J. De Clercq et al., J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 49, 435001 (2016)