Magnetic vortex nucleation and annihilation in bi-stable ultra-small ferromagnetic particles

Martínez-Pérez, M. J. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Müller, B. ; Lin, J. ; Rodriguez, L. A. ; Snoeck, E. ; Kleiner, R. ; Sesé, J. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Koelle, D.

Resumen: Vortex-mediated magnetization reversal in individual ultra-small (~100 nm) ferromagnetic particles at low temperatures is studied by nanoSQUID magnetometry. At zero applied bias field, the flux-closure magnetic state (vortex) and the quasi uniform configuration are bi-stable. This stems from the extremely small size of the nanoparticles that lies very close to the limit of single-domain formation. The analysis of the temperature-dependent (from 0.3 to 70 K) hysteresis of the magnetization allows us to infer the nature of the ground state magnetization configuration. The latter corresponds to a vortex state as also confirmed by electron holography experiments. Based on the simultaneous analysis of the vortex nucleation and annihilation data, we estimate the magnitude of the energy barriers separating the quasi single-domain and the vortex state and their field dependence. For this purpose, we use a modified power-law scaling of the energy barriers as a function of the applied bias field. These studies are essential to test the thermal and temporal stability of flux-closure states stabilized in ultra-small ferromagnets. © 2020 The Royal Society of Chemistry.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1039/c9nr08557b

Año: 2020

Publicado en: Nanoscale 12, 4 (2020), 2587-2595
ISSN: 2040-3364

Originalmente disponible en: Texto completo de la revista

Factor impacto JCR: 7.79 (2020)

Categ. JCR: MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY rank: 62 / 333 = 0.186 (2020) - Q1 - T1
Categ. JCR: PHYSICS, APPLIED rank: 23 / 160 = 0.144 (2020) - Q1 - T1
Categ. JCR: CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY rank: 32 / 178 = 0.18 (2020) - Q1 - T1
Categ. JCR: NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGY rank: 29 / 106 = 0.274 (2020) - Q2 - T1

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 2.037 - Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (Q1) - Materials Science (miscellaneous) (Q1)

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Física Materia Condensada (Dpto. Física Materia Condensa.)