Interisland spacing and angle effects on magnetic reversal in permalloy arrays

H. Koo; C. Krafft; R. D. Gomez

doi:10.1109/TMAG.2002.801947

Interisland spacing and angle effects on magnetic reversal in permalloy arrays

H. Koo, C. Krafft, R. D. Gomez

KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology

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Abstract

The switching characteristics of submicron permalloy elements were systematically studied as a function of interisland spacing. The result was an increase of the switching field with reduction in spacing, with a maximum value for near zero spacing. However, in overlapped segments, all elements switched simultaneously at lower fields than the maximum at zero spacing. The switching field depends on the number of connected segments as described by the Jacobs-Bean model, whereas the switching of the separated islands is governed mainly by the field emanating from the nearest-neighbor magnetic poles. The reversal behavior of the branched contiguous array was also studied. The angle between the branch axis and the easy axis played a critical role in establishing the switching field. The reversal field of the branched segment reached a minimum at 45° and a maximum at 90°. A coherent rotation model, which includes the effect of the array geometry, appears to explain the trends.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2559-2561
Number of pages	3
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
Volume	38
Issue number	5 I
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TMAG.2002.801947
Publication status	Published - 2002 Sep
Event	2002 International Magnetics Conference (Intermag 2002) - Amsterdam, Netherlands Duration: 2002 Apr 28 → 2002 May 2

Keywords

Angle
Array
Coherent rotation
Interisland spacing
Permalloy
Switching field

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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