• DocumentCode
    1761844
  • Title

    On Random Switching of Magnetization

  • Author

    Lee, Albert ; Bertotti, Gabriel ; Serpico, Claudio ; Mayergoyz, Isaak D.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
  • Volume
    50
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    Nov. 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    Random switching of magnetization is studied using a continuous master equation derived for magnetization dynamics driven by a jump-noise process. This paper is concerned with numerical analysis of the Kramers-Brown approximation as well as with low temperature random magnetization switching where the so-called phenomena of macroscopic quantum tunneling of magnetization has been experimentally observed and theoretically predicted.
  • Keywords
    magnetic switching; magnetic tunnelling; magnetisation; master equation; Kramers-Brown approximation; continuous master equation; jump-noise process; low temperature random magnetization switching; macroscopic quantum tunneling; magnetization dynamics; numerical analysis; random switching; Approximation methods; Boltzmann distribution; Energy barrier; Equations; Magnetization; Switches; Jump-noise process; Kramers-Brown approximation; magnetization dynamics on graphs; master equation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TMAG.2014.2320905
  • Filename
    6807779