title: Asymmetric hysteresis loop in magnetostatic-biased multilayer nanowires.
abstract: The hysteresis of multilayer nanowires composed by a soft magnetic cylindrical wire, a non-magnetic spacer layer and an external hard magnetic shell is investigated. The external magnetic shell originates a non-homogeneous magnetic field on the inner wire, which is responsible for a displacement and a change of the width of the hysteresis curve of the wire. Moreover, different reversal modes occur at each branch of the hysteresis loop, which can be understood by analyzing the interaction magnetostatic field along the wire. Our results open the possibility of controlling two parameters of the hysteresis loop, the coercivity and the bias, providing an interesting system to be investigated.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Avenida Ecuador 3493, 917-0124 Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Allende
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Escrig
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Altbir
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Salcedo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bahiana
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D016880:Anisotropy; D003035:Cobalt / Q000737:chemistry; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005898:Glass / Q000737:chemistry; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry; D008280:Magnetics; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D053770:Nanowires / Q000737:chemistry*; D009532:Nickel / Q000737:chemistry; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D003035:Cobalt; D006046:Gold; D009532:Nickel