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Investigation of magnetization reversal process in pinned CoFeB thin film by in-situ Lorentz TEM |
| Ke Pei(裴科)1,2,3, Wei-Xing Xia(夏卫星)2,3, Bao-Min Wang(王保敏)2,3, Xing-Cheng Wen(文兴成)2,3, Ping Sheng(盛萍)2,3, Jia-Ping Liu(刘家平)2,3,4, Xin-Cai Liu(刘新才)1, Run-Wei Li(李润伟)2,3 |
1. The school of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China;
2. CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Devices, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS), Ningbo 315201, China;
3. Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Application Technology, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China;
4. Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, USA |
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Abstract Exchange bias effect has been widely employed for various magnetic devices. The experimentally reported magnitude of exchange bias field is often smaller than that predicted theoretically, which is considered to be due to the partly pinned spins of ferromagnetic layer by antiferromagnetic layer. However, mapping the distribution of pinned spins is challenging. In this work, we directly image the reverse domain nucleation and domain wall movement process in the exchange biased CoFeB/IrMn bilayers by Lorentz transmission electron microscopy. From the in-situ experiments, we obtain the distribution mapping of the pinning strength, showing that only 1/6 of the ferromagnetic layer at the interface is strongly pinned by the antiferromagnetic layer. Our results prove the existence of an inhomogeneous pinning effect in exchange bias systems.
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Received: 12 October 2017
Revised: 01 January 2018
Accepted manuscript online:
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PACS:
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75.60.Jk
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(Magnetization reversal mechanisms)
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75.70.Cn
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(Magnetic properties of interfaces (multilayers, superlattices, heterostructures))
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75.70.Kw
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(Domain structure (including magnetic bubbles and vortices))
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68.37.Lp
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(Transmission electron microscopy (TEM))
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| Fund: Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2016YFA0201102), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51571208), the Instrument Developing Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. YZ201536), the Program for Key Science and Technology Innovation Team of Zhejiang Province, China (Grant No. 2013TD08), the K C Wong Education Foundation (Grant No. rczx0800), and the K C Wong Magna Fund in Ningbo University. |
Corresponding Authors:
Wei-Xing Xia, Wei-Xing Xia
E-mail: xiawxing@nimte.ac.cn;liuxincai@nbu.edu.cn
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Cite this article:
Ke Pei(裴科), Wei-Xing Xia(夏卫星), Bao-Min Wang(王保敏), Xing-Cheng Wen(文兴成), Ping Sheng(盛萍), Jia-Ping Liu(刘家平), Xin-Cai Liu(刘新才), Run-Wei Li(李润伟) Investigation of magnetization reversal process in pinned CoFeB thin film by in-situ Lorentz TEM 2018 Chin. Phys. B 27 047502
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