Optimal electron, phonon, and magnetic characteristics for low energy thermally induced magnetization switching

ATXITIA, U., OSTLER, Thomas, CHANTRELL, R. W. and CHUBYKALO-FESENKO, O. (2015). Optimal electron, phonon, and magnetic characteristics for low energy thermally induced magnetization switching. Applied Physics Letters, 107 (19), p. 192402.

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Abstract

Using large-scale computer simulations, we thoroughly study the minimum energy required to thermally induced magnetization switching (TIMS) after the application of a femtosecond heat pulse in transition metal-rare earth ferrimagnetic alloys. We find that for an energy efficient TIMS, a low ferrimagnetic net magnetization with a strong temperature dependence is the relevant factor for the magnetic system. For the lattice and electron systems, the key physics for efficient TIMS is a large electron-phonon relaxation time. Importantly, we show that as the cooling time of the heated electrons is increased, the minimum power required to produce TIMS can be reduced by an order of magnitude. Our results show the way to low power TIMS by appropriate engineering of magnetic heterostructures.

Item Type: Article
Departments - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: Faculty of Science, Technology and Arts > Department of Engineering and Mathematics
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4935416
Page Range: p. 192402
Depositing User: Thomas Ostler
Date Deposited: 02 Mar 2017 11:23
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2021 04:08
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/15273

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