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Coercivity of Ultrathin Films with In-plane Magnetization

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R Hyman, Mark D. Stiles, L Tang, A Zangwill

Abstract

We report numerical and analytic results for a model of coercivity and magnetization reversal in an array of square monolayer-height magnetic islands on a monolayer of magnetic material with in-plane magnetization. Reversal nucleates at step edges where local two-fold anisotropy is present in addition to the intrinsic four-fold anisotropy of the (001) flat surface of a cubic crystal. Simple analytic formulae for the coercive field are derived that agree well with numerical simulations.
Citation
Journal of Applied Physics
Volume
81
Issue
8
Pub Type
Journals

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Citation

Hyman, R. , Stiles, M. , Tang, L. and Zangwill, A. (1997), Coercivity of Ultrathin Films with In-plane Magnetization, Journal of Applied Physics, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=620477 (Accessed October 13, 2025)

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Created April 14, 1997, Updated October 12, 2021
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