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Microwave assisted magnetization reversal in single domain nanoelements

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Hans T. Nembach, Hans Bauer, Justin M. Shaw, Michael Schneider, Thomas J. Silva

Abstract

We studied the microwave assisted magnetic reversal in 65×71 nm2 elliptical Ni80Fe20 nanomagnets with a thickness of 10 nm. Hysteresis curves were measured by magneto-optical Kerr effect for a range of microwave frequencies and amplitudes. We observe a strong reduction in the coercive field when the microwave frequency coincides with the experimentally determined ferromagnetic resonance frequency in the switching region. This process occurs despite a small microwave amplitude relative to the coercive field. The experimental results were compared to numerical simulations and show good agreement.
Citation
Applied Physics Letters
Volume
95
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

nanomagnetics, magnetic recording, microwave assisted magnetic reversal, magnetic switching, energy assisted magnetic reversal
Nanomagnetics

Citation

Nembach, H. , Bauer, H. , Shaw, J. , Schneider, M. and Silva, T. (2009), Microwave assisted magnetization reversal in single domain nanoelements, Applied Physics Letters, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=902206 (Accessed October 8, 2025)

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Created July 6, 2009, Updated February 19, 2017
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