Title :
Thermal hysteresis of thin Dy films
Author :
Dantas, A.L. ; Camley, R.E. ; Carrico, A.S.
Author_Institution :
Colorado Univ., Colorado Springs
Abstract :
This paper presents a theoretical study of thermal hysteresis of thin Dy films. Large differences between the isofield magnetization curves during heating or cooling are found. The width of the thermal hysteresis may cover the whole interval between the Curie (TC) and the Neel (TN) temperatures and it is controlled by external field. The thermal hysteresis is controllable by external magnetic fields and thickness, it is modest for ultra thin films and large above a critical film thickness.
Keywords :
Curie temperature; Neel temperature; dysprosium; ferromagnetic materials; magnetic cooling; magnetic hysteresis; magnetic thin films; Curie temperatures; Dy; Neel temperatures; cooling; critical film thickness; ferromagnetic state; heating; isofield magnetization curves; thermal hysteresis; ultra thin films; Cooling; Heating; Magnetic anisotropy; Magnetic films; Magnetic hysteresis; Magnetization; Nearest neighbor searches; Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; Springs; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Magnetics Conference, 2006. INTERMAG 2006. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1479-2
DOI :
10.1109/INTMAG.2006.375668