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Modeling the Behavior and Magnetic Properties of Spin-Valve Nanostructures

Abstract

A Monte Carlo description is given of the magnetic properties of spin-valve structures that depend on temperature and an external magnetic field. An investigation is performed of the dependence of hysteresis phenomena on the type of magnetic anisotropy in structures, the thickness of ferromagnetic films, and different values of intra- and interlayer exchange.

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This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 20-32-70189; the RF Ministry of Science and Higher Education, contract no. 0741-2020-0002; and the RF Council for Presidential Grants, project no. MD-2229.2020.2.

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Drovorub, E.V., Prudnikov, V.V. & Prudnikov, P.V. Modeling the Behavior and Magnetic Properties of Spin-Valve Nanostructures. Bull. Russ. Acad. Sci. Phys. 86, 109–114 (2022). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1062873822020083

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