Recording potential of a single-domain particle
- 28 October 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 83 (18), 3749-3751
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1623921
Abstract
The ratio of the coercive force H c to the effective energy barrier U ef is introduced to characterize the recording capability of a single-domain particle. It is shown that this ratio depends on the shape of the energy barrier separating equivalent energy minima. The optimal shape of the barrier is obtained for particles with uniaxial and combined (both uniaxial and cubic) types of magnetic anisotropy. For the optimal shapes, the gain in the ratio H c /U ef can achieve 20%–40% with respect to the case of a Stoner–Wohlfarth particle.Keywords
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