Title :
Generalized Model of Antiferromagnetic Domain Wall
Author :
Mitsumata, Chiharu ; Sakuma, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
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;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMAG.2011.2158523