TY - JOUR
T1 - Micromagnetic simulation of thermally assisted magnetization reversal in magnetic nanodots with perpendicular anisotropy
AU - Purnama, Budi
AU - Nozaki, Yukio
AU - Matsuyama, Kimihide
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by Industrial Technology Research Grant Program in 2005 from New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) of Japan.
Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2007/3
Y1 - 2007/3
N2 - Temporal evolution of magnetization in a field cooling process from magnetic ordering temperature has been numerically investigated for magnetic nanodots with perpendicular anisotropy by solving the stochastic Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation. The magnetic field required to align the magnetization, i.e. the switching field for thermally assisted writing of magnetic dot, depends on not only the intrinsic anisotropy field but also the magnetization reversal mechanism. To minimize the switching field with ensuring a practical thermal stability of the dot for nonvolatile memory applications, the lateral dimension of the dot should be smaller than its critical size for single domain configuration to avoid a formation of flux closure configuration inside the dot.
AB - Temporal evolution of magnetization in a field cooling process from magnetic ordering temperature has been numerically investigated for magnetic nanodots with perpendicular anisotropy by solving the stochastic Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation. The magnetic field required to align the magnetization, i.e. the switching field for thermally assisted writing of magnetic dot, depends on not only the intrinsic anisotropy field but also the magnetization reversal mechanism. To minimize the switching field with ensuring a practical thermal stability of the dot for nonvolatile memory applications, the lateral dimension of the dot should be smaller than its critical size for single domain configuration to avoid a formation of flux closure configuration inside the dot.
KW - Magnetization reversal
KW - Nanodot magnetic
KW - Numerical simulation
KW - Perpendicular anisotropy
KW - Thermally assisted
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jmmm.2006.10.988
DO - 10.1016/j.jmmm.2006.10.988
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33847673947
SN - 0304-8853
VL - 310
SP - 2683
EP - 2685
JO - Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
JF - Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
IS - 2 SUPPL. PART 3
ER -