Issue 21, 2015

A new reversal mode in exchange coupled antiferromagnetic/ferromagnetic disks: distorted viscous vortex

Abstract

Magnetic vortices have generated intense interest in recent years due to their unique reversal mechanisms, fascinating topological properties, and exciting potential applications. In addition, the exchange coupling of magnetic vortices to antiferromagnets has also been shown to lead to a range of novel phenomena and functionalities. Here we report a new magnetization reversal mode of magnetic vortices in exchange coupled Ir20Mn80/Fe20Ni80 microdots: distorted viscous vortex reversal. In contrast to the previously known or proposed reversal modes, the vortex is distorted close to the interface and viscously dragged due to the uncompensated spins of a thin antiferromagnet, which leads to unexpected asymmetries in the annihilation and nucleation fields. These results provide a deeper understanding of the physics of exchange coupled vortices and may also have important implications for applications involving exchange coupled nanostructures.

Graphical abstract: A new reversal mode in exchange coupled antiferromagnetic/ferromagnetic disks: distorted viscous vortex

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
23 Mar 2015
Accepted
27 Apr 2015
First published
28 Apr 2015
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Nanoscale, 2015,7, 9878-9885

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A new reversal mode in exchange coupled antiferromagnetic/ferromagnetic disks: distorted viscous vortex

D. A. Gilbert, L. Ye, A. Varea, S. Agramunt-Puig, N. del Valle, C. Navau, J. F. López-Barbera, K. S. Buchanan, A. Hoffmann, A. Sánchez, J. Sort, K. Liu and J. Nogués, Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 9878 DOI: 10.1039/C5NR01856K

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