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Spatial confinement effects in metamagnetic nanostructures
Jaskowiec, Jiří ; Klapetek, Petr (oponent) ; Uhlíř, Vojtěch (vedoucí práce)
New properties and effects caused by spatial confinement of materials have critical influence in many scientific and technical fields. Reduction of device sizes, increase of recording density and increasing process efficiency are current trends in electronic industry. In this work, the influence of spatial confinement on the metamagnetic phase transition in Iron-Rhodium (FeRh) is studied. The FeRh alloy exhibits a first order phase transition from the antiferromagnetic phase to the ferromagnetic phase. Using magnetic force microscopy in an out-of-plane magnetic field the phase domain structure is imaged and analyzed across the phase transition. Quantitative analysis of measured data is done using the height-height correlation function and its results are compared for different structure sizes and thin layer thicknesses.
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Magnetotransport properties of FeRh nanowires
Fabianová, Kateřina ; Dubroka, Adam (oponent) ; Uhlíř, Vojtěch (vedoucí práce)
Iron-rhodium (FeRh) is a material undergoing a first order magnetic phase transition from antiferromagnetic (AF) to ferromagnetic (FM) phase which occurs when the material is heated above the transition temperature or by applying a sufficiently large magnetic field. This phase transition is accompanied by a significant change in entropy, magnetization and electric resistivity while the transition temperature is strongly dependent on the crystal stoichiometry, elemental substitution, pressure and in case of thin layers on the strain induced by the substrate. This work is focused on the study of magnetotransport properties of wires patterned from FeRh thin layers grown on substrates inducing different strain in the layer. One of the main effects studied in this work is the anisotropic magnetoresistance (AMR) demonstrated by a change of the resistance for different orientations of the magnetic moments in the material with respect to the electric current direction. The AMR was studied both in the FM and AF phase of FeRh. The AMR of the FM phase in the high temperature phase was measured and an unexpected behavior of the AMR of the residual FM phase of FeRh in the low temperature phase was discovered. A strong dependence of the AMR on the orientation of the measured segment with respect to the crystallographic directions of FeRh was explored.
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Effect of ion beam irradiation and annealing on magnetic properties of FeRh nanostructures
Zadorozhnii, Oleksii ; Turčan, Igor (oponent) ; Staňo, Michal (vedoucí práce)
The first order phase transition from antiferromagnetic to ferromagnetic state in Fe50Rh50 at 370 K make it a suitable material for next generation spin electronic devices with a low power consumption. This work deals with the ways how the phase transition temperature of iron-rhodium (FeRh) can be tuned locally in thin films, using focused ion beam (FIB) and thermal annealing. FIB irradiation approach was chosen due to the fact that FeRh displays magnetic sensitivity to the degree of its chemical ordering, which is characteristic to all alloys of ferromagnetic and non-ferromagnetic metals. Thermal annealing enables the relaxation of the structure and restoration of its crystallinity. The magnetic patterns were manufactured using gallium-based FIB and annealed under ultra high vacuum. The topography as well as magnetic behaviour of these ion irradiated patterns were investigated using atomic and magnetic force microscopies at different temperatures, showing a clear dependence between ion irradiation dose and the magnetic response in pre- and post-annealed states.
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Mikroskopie magnetických sil a transportní vlastnosti metamagnetických nanostruktur
Jaskowiec, Jiří ; Vaňatka, Marek (oponent) ; Uhlíř, Vojtěch (vedoucí práce)
Železo-rhodium (FeRh) je látka charakteristická svou fázovou přeměnou prvního druhu mezi antiferomagnetickou (AF) a feromagnetickou (FM) fází. U objemového FeRh je tato změna symetrická vůči směru přechodu. Symetrickou zůstává i při omezení objemového materiálu do tenké vrstvy FeRh. Tato práce se věnuje vlastnostem mezostruktur o laterální velikosti pod jeden mikrometr, ve kterých byla nedávno objevena asymetrie mezi přechodem AF-FM a FM-AF pomocí měření elektrického odporu nanodrátů FeRh v závislosti na teplotě. Pomocí metody mikroskopie magnetických sil v magnetickém poli kolmém na rovinu vzorku je zviditelněna fázová struktura mezostruktur FeRh při fázové přeměně. Kvantitativní analýzou měřeného magnetického signálu je ukázán vliv velikosti struktur na přechlazení FM fáze a skokový nárůst AF fáze při přechodu FM-AF.
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Magneto-optical imaging and analysis of magnetic domain microstructures
Molnár, Tomáš ; Wojewoda, Ondřej (oponent) ; Arregi Uribeetxebarria, Jon Ander (vedoucí práce)
Magneto-optical effects are associated with the interaction of polarized light with magnetized media. Although discovered nearly two centuries ago, magneto-optics is a widely utilized tool for magnetic characterization due to its high sensitivity and versatility. For example, it enables visualization of magnetic domain structures in microscale magnetic systems via wide-field magneto-optical microscopy. The majority of research on this topic has employed linear effects in magnetization to image domains in ferromagnetic materials, where one measures an optical contrast for regions with opposite magnetization orientations. It has been recently shown that even antiferromagnetic materials can be studied using quadratic magneto-optical effects (Voigt effect), making it possible to visualize regions with different spin axis orientations. In this work, we perform a fundamental magneto-optical microscopy study of magnetic thin film and microstructure systems using linear and quadratic effects. Consequently, the microscale magnetization configuration of continuous and patterned magnetic thin films is interpreted via the image processing strategy developed in this thesis, leading to quantitative vector magnetometry. Moreover, the coexistence of the ferro- and antiferromagnetic phase domains in FeRh films was investigated using optical and magneto-optical microscopy.
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Magneto-optical investigation of spintronic materials
Vojáček, Libor ; Flajšman, Lukáš (oponent) ; Arregi Uribeetxebarria, Jon Ander (vedoucí práce)
The magneto-optical Kerr effect is a useful tool for accessing the magnetic properties of metallic surfaces. The magnetization reversal process controlled by an external applied field and magneto-optically measured can give us information about the anisotropic properties of magnetic systems. In the presented work, we review the theoretical aspects of magnetization reversal and the changes of light polarization upon reflection from a magnetized medium. Description of a functional, high-sensitivity magneto-optical setup based on the polarization modulation technique is given. The apparatus was assembled by modifying an already existing similar setup. Measurements on thin-film magnetic layers prove its functionality and reveal the properties of metamagnetic thin films from FeRh, which is a material with potential applications in spintronics.
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Stefanův problém vedení tepla s fázovou přeměnou a jeho analytické řešení
Kesler, René ; Mauder, Tomáš (oponent) ; Klimeš, Lubomír (vedoucí práce)
Tato bakalářská práce se zabývá analytickým řešením úloh vedení tepla s fázovou přeměnou, které jsou nazvány jako klasický Stefanův problém. Nejprve je odvozena diferenciální rovnice vedení tepla a také je vytvořen matematický model Stefanova problému. Největší pozornost je následně věnována odvozování analytických řešení pro úlohy, u nichž lze tato řešení nalézt. K implementaci získaných řešení ve vhodném programovacím prostředí bylo zvoleno prostředí MATLAB. Práce také obsahuje popis vytvořeného programu a grafického rozhraní v MATLABu. Programem byly následně vyřešeny zvolené počáteční úlohy.
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