Comportamento de vórtices em nanodiscos magnéticos na presença de defeitos não-magnéticos

Abstract

In recent years, the progress of the nanotechnology allowed the manufacture of magnetic samples with dimension in the nanometric scale, as well as the evolution of experimental techniques to measure its properties. It was verified experimentally that vortices appear as states of magnetization of minimum energy in magnetic dots. In nanometric scale, the effect of edge and the magnetostatic energy become important, creating an edge anisotropy on spins next to this. We know that vortices are attracted and imprisoned for existing defects in magnetic dots. This suggests a mechanism of control of the movement of vortices. In our work we are interested in verifying the effect of two holes on the stability of the vortex and the curve of hysteresis of a magnetic dot. For this, we describe the magnetic behavior of a dot using the model of rigid vortex (analytical) and model XY (simulation) with a term of edge anisotropy, term of interaction with a external field and potential simulating the existence of holes. We carry through analytical calculations and of Monte Carlo simulation verifying that the hysteresis curve presents two “jumps” that are associates with two steady states of imprisoned vortices, in each situation, one of the holes. We also verify that a critical field exists that makes the “switching” between these two states, field this dependent of in the distance between the holes. Our theoretical forecasts agree to recent experimental results, suggesting the application of this mechanism for the construction of magnetic memory and elements of logic.