Effects of interdot dipole coupling in mesoscopic epitaxial Fe(100) dot arrays

Hirohata, A., Gardiner, S.M., Rothman, J., Klaui, M., Lopez-Diaz, L., Chen, Y., Cambril, E., Rousseaux, F., Xu, Y.B., Tselepi, M. and Bland, J.A.C. (2001) Effects of interdot dipole coupling in mesoscopic epitaxial Fe(100) dot arrays. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS. pp. 2055-2057. ISSN 0018-9464

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Abstract

The domain structure and the coercivity of epitaxial Fe(100) circular dot arrays of different diameters and separations have been studied using magnetic force microscopy (MFM) and focused magneto-optical Kerr effect (MOKE). The MFM images of the 1 µm diameter single domain dot arrays show direct evidence of strong interdot dipole coupling when the separation is reduced down to 0.1 µm. The coercivity of the dots is also found to be dependent on the separation, indicating the effect of the interdot dipole coupling on the magnetization reversal process.

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Keywords:	Fe dot arrays, interdot coupling, magnetic storage media, micromagnetism
Academic Units:	The University of York > Electronics (York) The University of York > English and Related Literature (York)
Depositing User:	Repository Officer
Date Deposited:	18 Dec 2006
Last Modified:	19 Feb 2013 12:05
Published Version:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/20.951051
Status:	Published
Refereed:	Yes
Related URLs:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/20.951051
URI:	http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/1859

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