Magnetization reversal in exchange-biased Ni/NiO layered structures

被引：14

作者：

Ben Youssef, J. ^{[1
]}

Castel, V. ^{[1
]}

Garello, K. ^{[1
]}

Gargam, N. ^{[1
]}

Pogossian, S. ^{[1
]}

Spenato, D. ^{[1
]}

Dekadjevi, D. T. ^{[1
]}

Suvorova, A. ^{[2
]}

Charlton, T. R. ^{[3
]}

Dalgliesh, R. M. ^{[3
]}

Langridge, S. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] UBO, CNRS, Dept Phys, Lab Magnetisme Bretagne, F-29285 Brest, France

[2] Univ Western Australia, Ctr Microscopy & Microanalysis, Perth, WA 6009, Australia

[3] Rutherford Appleton Lab, ISIS, Didcot OX11 0QX, Oxon, England

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2007年 / 76卷 / 13期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevB.76.134401

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

The dependence of the asymmetric magnetization reversal, exchange field, and coercive field on the NiO microstructure and thickness is studied in polycrystalline Ni/NiO. Probing structural properties in real and reciprocal space, we show that the modification of the NiO growth conditions results in nonstoichiometric NiO. Exchange and coercive fields are strongly enhanced in nonstoichiometric Ni/NiO bilayers. Probing exchange properties in trilayers, we show that the coercive and exchange field enhancements are of different origins but depend on the NiO domain state. Modifying the internal part of the antiferromagnet allows a control of the exchange properties. Studying the Ni magnetization reversal, we reveal the contribution of nonuniform reversal modes and coherent rotation as a function of the angle between the applied field and the Ni easy axis. We observe two distinct critical angles revealing the significant role of nonuniform magnetization reversal in the asymmetry and its angular dependence.

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