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Temperature dependence of exchange bias and coercivity in ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic bilayers

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  • Jing-guo Hu
  • Guojun Jin
  • An Hu
  • Yu-qiang Ma

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A model for the temperature dependence of exchange bias and coercivity in epitaxial ferromagnetic (FM)/ antiferromagnetic (AFM) bilayers is developed. In this model, the interface coupling includes two contributions, the direct coupling and the spin-flop coupling. The temperature dependence arises from the thermal disturbance to the system, involved in the thermal fluctuations of magnetization of AFM grains and the temperature modulation of the relevant magnetic parameters. In addition, the randomness of original orientations of easy axes of AFM grains after field cooling is taken into account. A self-consistent calculation scheme is proposed and numerical treatment is carried out. The results show that the temperature dependence of exchange bias and coercivity is closely related to the sizes of AFM grains and the interface exchange coupling constants. Especially, the exchange bias will have a peak and the blocking temperature will increase if the spin-flop coupling plays a role. On the other hand, the original orientation distribution of easy axes of AFM grains will affect exchange bias and coercivity prominently. The prediction has been well supported by experiments. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin/Heidelberg 2004

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  • Jing-guo Hu & Guojun Jin & An Hu & Yu-qiang Ma, 2004. "Temperature dependence of exchange bias and coercivity in ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic bilayers," The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, Springer;EDP Sciences, vol. 40(3), pages 265-271, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:eurphb:v:40:y:2004:i:3:p:265-271
    DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2004-00272-0
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