J Mater Sci Technol ›› 2007, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (04): 521-524.

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Characterizing the Exchange Interaction of Sm-Co/Co (and Fe65Co35) Magnetic Films

Caiyin YOU, Zhidong ZHANG, Xiaokai SUN, C.J.Yang, Wei LIU, Xingguo ZHAO   

  1. Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research and International Centre for Materials Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
  • Received:2007-02-07 Revised:2007-04-05 Online:2007-07-28 Published:2009-10-10
  • Contact: Zhidong ZHANG

Abstract: Exchange interaction plays an important role on magnetic properties of nanocomposite magnets consisting of hard- and soft-magnetic phases. Here the exchange interaction in the Sm-Co/Co (and Fe65Co35) magnetic films was characterized by measuring static (mr(H)) and demagnetized (md(H)) remanence curves. According to conventional method: δm(H)=md(H)- [1- 2mr(H)], the exchange interaction was evaluated. The switching fields Hp′ and Hp, at which static (mr(H)) and demagnetized (md(H)) remanence show the fastest change, were identified. The relative ratio of switching fields H0p and Hp has a linear relationship with the maximum value δmmax of δm(H) curves, proposing an alternative way to characterize the exchange interaction.

Key words: multi-layered films, exchange interaction, switching field, magnetic properties