Temperature lag with the onset of exchange bias, superparamagnetic blocking, and antiferromagnetic ordering in ultrathin ferromagnet/antiferromagnet thin film

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Yu Shiratsuchi, Yiran Tao, Rou Tsutsumi, Kentaro Toyoki, and Ryoichi Nakatani, Journal of Applied Physics 130, 193902 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0060606.

The magnetization of a nanosized magnet, such as an ultrathin film, thermally fluctuates and can become superparamagnetic. In ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic thin films, superparamagnetism can be suppressed in accordance with antiferromagnetic ordering. The exchange bias can also be induced at the ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic interface, and it is nontrivial whether the superparamagnetic blocking temperature (TB_SPM) can match either the onset temperature of the exchange bias (TB_EB) or the Néel temperature (TN). In this study, we investigated the temperature dependence of parameters such as coercivity, exchange bias field, magneto-optic Kerr rotation (θK), and AC magnetization (MAC) to elucidate the matching of TB_EB, TB_SPM, and TN in a Pt/Co/Au/Cr₂O₃/Pt thin film. Based on the temperature dependences of MAC, TB_SPM was yielded as about 283 K. TB_EB and TN, which were determined based on the temperature dependence of θK, were 278 and 282 K, respectively. TB_SPM was almost equal to TN but TB_EB was smaller. This temperature lag was caused by the difference in the magnetic anisotropy energy required to induce the exchange bias and suppress superparamagnetism.

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