Exchange coupling and magfietization reversal mechanism in two series of CoxNil-x/CoO （30 nm） （x=0.2 and 0.4） bilayers are studied by vector magnetometer. Two components of magnetization are measured parallel and ...Exchange coupling and magfietization reversal mechanism in two series of CoxNil-x/CoO （30 nm） （x=0.2 and 0.4） bilayers are studied by vector magnetometer. Two components of magnetization are measured parallel and perpendicular to the applied field. At low temperatures, coercivity Hc oc （tFM）^-n, n = 1.5 and 1.38 for x = 0.2 and 0.4, respectively, in agreement with the random field model. At room temperature, the coercivity is nearly proportional to the inverse FM layer thickness. In addition to the exchange field and the coercivity, the characteristic of the magnetization reversal mechanism was found to change with temperature. At temperatures below 180 K, magnetization reversal process along the unidirectional axis is accompanied only by nucleation and pinning of domain wall while magnetization rotation is also involved at high temperatures.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.10504019)the Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Program (Grant No.T0104)the Science Foundation of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Education(Grant No.05AZ10)
文摘Exchange coupling and magfietization reversal mechanism in two series of CoxNil-x/CoO （30 nm） （x=0.2 and 0.4） bilayers are studied by vector magnetometer. Two components of magnetization are measured parallel and perpendicular to the applied field. At low temperatures, coercivity Hc oc （tFM）^-n, n = 1.5 and 1.38 for x = 0.2 and 0.4, respectively, in agreement with the random field model. At room temperature, the coercivity is nearly proportional to the inverse FM layer thickness. In addition to the exchange field and the coercivity, the characteristic of the magnetization reversal mechanism was found to change with temperature. At temperatures below 180 K, magnetization reversal process along the unidirectional axis is accompanied only by nucleation and pinning of domain wall while magnetization rotation is also involved at high temperatures.
