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Configuration dependent demagnetizing field in assemblies of interacting magnetic particles
J M Martínez-Huerta1, J De La Torre Medina, L Piraux
1Instituto de Física, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Avenida Manuel Nava 6, Zona Universitaria, 78290 San Luis Potosí, SLP, Mexico.
Abstract:
A mean field model is presented for the configuration dependent effective demagnetizing and anisotropy fields in assemblies of exchange decoupled magnetic particles of arbitrary shape which are expressed in terms of the demagnetizing factors of the particles and the volumetric shape containing the assembly. Perpendicularly magnetized two-dimensional (2D) assemblies have been considered, for which it is shown that the demagnetizing field is lower than the continuous thin film. As an example of these 2D systems, arrays of bistable cylindrical nanowires have been characterized by remanence curves as well as ferromagnetic resonance, serving to show the correspondence of these measurements with the model and also to validate the mean field approach. Linear chains of cylinders and spheres have been analyzed, leading to simple expressions to describe the easy axis rotation induced by the interaction field in chains of low aspect ratio cylindrical particles, and the dipolar magnetic anisotropy observed in the linear chain of spheres. These examples serve to underline the dependence on the dipolar interaction field and effective demagnetizing factor of the contributions that arise from the shape of the outer volume.
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