• DocumentCode
    1331569
  • Title

    Generalized Model of Antiferromagnetic Domain Wall

  • Author

    Mitsumata, Chiharu ; Sakuma, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
  • Volume
    47
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    3501
  • Lastpage
    3504
  • Abstract
    A novel model of the magnetic domain wall is obtained in order to consider its arbitrary spin structure including the ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic spin system. The width δ of a magnetic domain wall is given by δ = √(A|cosθ|/K), where A and K are the exchange stiffness and the magnetic anisotropy constants, respectively. In this equation, the factor √(|cosθ|) is projected to the spin structure, where θ represents the angle between the nearest neighboring spins. Thus, the width of the magnetic domain wall is possibly reduced considering the finite value of angle θ in an antiferromagnet compared with the width of a ferromagnetic domain wall.
  • Keywords
    antiferromagnetism; ferromagnetism; magnetic anisotropy; magnetic domain walls; spin systems; antiferromagnetic domain wall; antiferromagnetic spin system; exchange stiffness; ferromagnetic spin system; magnetic anisotropy constants; spin structure; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Magnetic domain walls; Magnetic domains; Magnetic moments; Mathematical model; Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; Antiferromagnetic; domain wall width; magnetic domain wall; noncollinear spin structure;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TMAG.2011.2158523
  • Filename
    6028086