Tunable spin-flop transition in artificial ferrimagnets
| Autor: | V. V. Proglyado, I. A. Subbotin, E. M. Pashaev, G. V. Prutskov, Bernhard Keimer, A. L. Vasiliev, N. G. Bebenin, Thomas Keller, M. A. Milyaev, E. A. Kravtsov, N. O. Antropov, Yu. N. Khaydukov, M. V. Makarova, Yu. M. Chesnokov, V. V. Ustinov |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Physics
Condensed Matter - Materials Science Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Spintronics Condensed matter physics Field (physics) Magnetoresistance Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci) FOS: Physical sciences Magnetic field Magnetization Magnetic anisotropy Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) Antiferromagnetism Condensed Matter::Strongly Correlated Electrons Anisotropy |
| Zdroj: | Physical Review B. 104 |
| ISSN: | 2469-9969 2469-9950 |
| Popis: | Spin-flop transition (SFT) consists in a jump-like reversal of antiferromagnetic magnetic moments into a non-collinear state when the magnetic field increases above the critical value. Potentially the SFT can be utilized in many applications of a rapidly developing antiferromagnetic spintronics. However, the difficulty of using them in conventional antiferromagnets lies in (a) too large switching magnetic fields (b) the need for presence of a magnetic anisotropy, and (c) requirement to apply magnetic field along the correspondent anisotropy axis. In this work we propose to use artificial ferrimagnets in which the spin-flop transition occurs without anisotropy and the transition field can be lowered by adjusting exchange coupling in the structure. This is proved by experiment on artificial Fe-Gd ferrimagnets where usage of Pd spacers allowed us to suppress the transition field by two orders of magnitude. Comment: article, 5 pages, 3 figures |
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