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Mikroskopischer Ursprung der unidirektionalen Anisotropie an der austauschgekoppelten CoO/Co-Grenzfläche
Abstract
dc:descriptionExchange coupling at the interface between an antiferromagnet (AFM) and a ferromagnet (FM) causes unidirectional anisotropy of the FM layer, which induces a shift of the hysteresis loop along the magnetic field axis. In order to understand the microscopic origin of EB, the domain state (DS) model was proposed. This model is based on the physics of diluted antiferromagnets in an external magnetic field (DAFF) and yields the description of the most salient EB features of any model to date. The intentional dilution is realized by implementing non-magnetic defects in the bulk of the AFM. Under certain conditions, DAFF develops in a metastable domain state after cooling below the Néel-temperature in an external magnetic field. These domains carry a remanent domain state magnetization. One part of the domain state magnetization, the so-called irreversible domain state magnetization, provides the exchange coupling field at the interface to the FM layer giving rise to the EB. The stability and the size of the domains in the AFM and therefore the EB can be controlled by the number of defects and their different types throughout the volume part of the AFM. In this work, the experimental evidences of a direct influence of different types of defects (twins and 3d-growth as structural defects and dilution as substitutional defects) on the EB in epitaxially grown CoO/Co bilayers are presented. Furthermore, the influence of the crystal orientation of the CoO layer on EB is demonstrated.
Degree
thesis:*- Grantor dc:publisher
- Publikationsserver der RWTH Aachen University
- Year dc:date
- 2006
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Ghadimi, Mohammad Reza
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Güntherodt, Gernot
Subjects
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- info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
- Language dc:language
- ger
Identifiers
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- oai:publications.rwth-aachen.de:60523