Theory for Temperature Induced Magnetic Reorientation in Thin Films and Multilayers

• Authors: P.J. Jensen
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The temperature driven reorientation of the magnetization observed in thin ferromagnetic films and multilayer systems is studied theoretically. We take into account layer dependent magnetic anisotropies. The free energy and the direction of magnetization are calculated by using a perturbational approach as well as a nonperturbational treatment. It is shown that in most cases a continuous magnetic reorientation is obtained. An increasing anisotropy energy as compared to the exchange interaction leads to an increasing width of the magnetic reorientation.

Keywords

EN

75.30.Gw; 75.10.Hk; 75.70.Ak

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 1997
• Volume: 92
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 427-431

Dates

published

1997-08

Contributors

author

P.J. Jensen

• Hahn-Meitner-Institut, Glienicker Str. 100, 14 109 Berlin, Germany