µMAG Standard Problem #4 results

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Submitted Solution: E. Martinez, L. Torres and L. Lopez-Diaz

Date:
December 12, 2000.
From:
E. Martinez, L. Torres and L. Lopez-Diaz
Departamento de Fisica Aplicada, Universidad de Salamanca,
Plaza de la Merced s/n 37008, Spain
Contact:
Luis Torres

Our group at Salamanca, Spain, has performed simulations on the µMAG standard problem #4. The results are very close to those recently submitted by Albuquerque and McMichael groups.

A finite difference scheme in 2D (one cell across the thickness of the sample) with 3D spins was used. The exchange energy is computed by the four-neighbor dot product representation. The demagnetizing field is calculated by fast Fourier transform techniques using zero padding, and magnetostatic energy was computed under assumption that the magnetization was uniform within each cell and it is allowed to rotate in 3D. The demagnetizing tensor is calculated using Newell's expressions (average over the volume of each cell) particularized to 2D. Three sizes for the cell were tested: 5 nm, 3.125 nm, and 2.5 nm cells. Our code was previously used successfully to resolve the µMAG standard problem #2 [J. Appl. Phys. 85 (8), 5813, (1999)].

The Landau-Lifshitz equation was resolved using the Euler's method with different time steps in the range 3-15 fs (femtoseconds). A time step of 3.14 fs was used to calculate the results shown below. In the case of 2.5 nm cells, because of the simple Euler's method utilised, time steps less than 5nm were necessary for obtaining an adequate convergence of the solution. Larger time steps produced oscillating solutions.

Results:

Raw Data:

Time series data contain 4 columns: time (ns), Mx/Ms, My/Ms, Mz/Ms, and vector data is in omf format.


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