Coercivity of Ultrathin Magnetic Films with Perpendicular Anisotropy
V. Zablotskiia, M. Kisielewskib, O. Tsiganenkoc and J. Ferred
a Physics Department, Donetsk State University, 340055 Donetsk, Ukraine
b Institute of Physics, University at Białystok, Lipowa 41, 15-424 Białystok, Poland
c Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic, Na Slovance 2, 18040 Praha 8, Czech Republic
d Lab. de Phys. des Solides, URA CNRS 02, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay, France
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The calculation of the temperature dependence of the domain wall coercivity of ultrathin magnetic films with perpendicular anisotropy is reported. In this case, the magnetization reversal is supposed to occur through domain wall motion. The proposed model takes into account thermal bending fluctuations of the domain wall, which is pinned by crystal defects such as grain boundaries. A fitting procedure, applied to recently published experimental data on the field induced domain wall velocity in Au/Co films, allows us to find out realistic values of the involved parameters.
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.97.471
PACS numbers: 75.60.-d, 75.60.Ch, 75.70.Ak