Coercivity scaling in antidot lattices in Fe, Ni, and NiFe thin films

Joachim Gräfe, Gisela Schütz, Eberhard J. Goering

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Abstract

Antidot lattices can be used to artificially engineer magnetic properties in thin films, however, a conclusive model that describes the coercivity enhancement in this class of magnetic nano-structures has so far not been found. We prepared Fe, Ni, and NiFe thin films and patterned each with 21 square antidot lattices with different geometric parameters and measured their hysteretic behavior. On the basis of this extensive dataset we are able to provide a model that can describe both the coercivity scaling over a wide range of geometric lattice parameters and the influence of different materials.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)517-520
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Volume419
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2016
Externally publishedYes

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