Title :
A Micromagnetic Solver for Large-Scale Patterned Media Based on Non-Structured Meshing
Author :
Manzin, Alessandra ; Bottauscio, Oriano
Author_Institution :
Ist. Naz. di Ricerca Metrol., Torino, Italy
Abstract :
The paper presents a micromagnetic solver, where the long-range contributions to the magnetostatic field are computed by a multipole expansion technique and the spatial distribution of the exchange field is reconstructed via a finite difference scheme able to handle non-structured meshes. In this way, large samples having complex geometries can be simulated. The numerical accuracy, the computational efficiency and the flexibility of the proposed solver are investigated by comparison to standard approaches.
Keywords :
finite difference methods; micromagnetics; nanomagnetics; net structures (mechanical); complex geometry; computational efficiency; exchange field spatial distribution; finite difference scheme; flexibility; large scale patterned media; long range contribution; magnetostatic field; micromagnetic solver; multipole expansion technique; nonstructured meshing; numerical accuracy; Magnetic domains; Magnetic hysteresis; Magnetization; Magnetomechanical effects; Magnetostatics; Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; Magnetic nanostructures; magnetization processes; micromagnetics; numerical models;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMAG.2012.2195648