Complex spin configurations in hybrid magnetic multilayer structures due to mutual spin imprinting
Complex spin configurations in hybrid magnetic multilayer structures due to mutual spin imprinting
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevb.94.104415
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发表时间:
2016-09
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
M. Bryan;G. Heldt;T. Thomson;L. Heyderman;G. Hrkac
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作者:
M. Bryan;G. Heldt;T. Thomson;L. Heyderman;G. Hrkac
Hybrid Co/Pd-Permalloy multilayer structures exhibit multiple domain phases resulting from mutual spin imprinting, dependent on the precise layer composition and thickness. While such hybrid structures can support either a pure Landau closure-domain pattern or a perpendicular exchange-spring magnetization structure, numerical analysis also revealed an anomalous mixed Landau-maze domain state. Mutual imprinting of the spin configuration between the layers was strongest for the latter multidomain state, which we propose is a consequence of exchange energy dissipation over the two lateral dimensions. An analytical derivation of domain phase boundaries was consistent with the micromagnetic simulations and gave important insight into their origin.