Title :
Switching processes of a controlled domain wall in an exchange biased ferrimagnetic bilayer
Author :
Mangin, S. ; Montaigne, F. ; Joly, L. ; Hehn, M. ; Schuhl, A.
Author_Institution :
Laboration de Phys. des Materiaux, Univ. Henri Poincare, Nancy, France
Abstract :
Summary form only given The exchanged bias system GdFe/TbFe is a very flexible system from the magnetic point of view. The GdFe is a soft magnetic layer whose magnetisation is strongly pinned at one interface by the TbFe. When a high enough magnetic field is applied, the magnetisation of the GdFe tends to align with the field leading to the presence of a domain wall between the pinned interface and the free interface. It is possible to control the angle of the wall with the direction of the field and its thickness with the amplitude of the field. The in-plane resistance angular dependence of such bilayers have been investigated for different applied fields.
Keywords :
exchange interactions (electron); ferrimagnetic materials; gadolinium alloys; iron alloys; magnetic anisotropy; magnetic domains; magnetisation; magnetisation reversal; soft magnetic materials; terbium alloys; GdFe-TbFe; GdFe/TbFe; controlled domain wall; exchange biased ferrimagnetic bilayer; free interface; magnetisation; pinned interface; soft magnetic layer; switching processes; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Atomic measurements; Ferrimagnetic materials; Magnetic domain walls; Magnetic multilayers; Magnetization; Nonhomogeneous media; Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; Process control; Strain measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Magnetics Conference, 2002. INTERMAG Europe 2002. Digest of Technical Papers. 2002 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7365-0
DOI :
10.1109/INTMAG.2002.1000962