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Current-field diagram of magnetic states of a surface spin valve in a point contact with a single ferromagnetic film
- Source :
- Fizika Nizkikh Temperatur, V.39, No.3, pp.360-366 (2013)
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- We present a study of the influence of an external magnetic field H and an electric current I on the spin-valve (SV) effect between a ferromagnetic thin film (F) and a sharp tip of a nonmagnetic metal (N). To explain our observations, we propose a model of a local surface SV which is formed in such a N/F contact. In this model, a ferromagnetic cluster at the N/F interface plays the role of the free layer in this SV. This cluster exhibits a larger coercive field than the bulk of the ferromagnetic film, presumably due to its nanoscale nature. Finally, we construct a magnetic state diagram of the surface SV as a function of I and H.<br />Comment: 7 pages and 5 figs. in pdf file, final version is published in Fiz. Nizk. Temp. with free access after registration: http://fnte.ilt.kharkov.ua/main.php?page=10
- Subjects :
- Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
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- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- Fizika Nizkikh Temperatur, V.39, No.3, pp.360-366 (2013)
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1301.7635
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4795199