Homogenization of ferromagnetic multilayers in the presence of surface energies

Kévin Santugini-Repiquet

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations (2007)

  • Volume: 13, Issue: 2, page 305-330
  • ISSN: 1292-8119

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We study the homogenization process of ferromagnetic multilayers in the presence of surface energies: super-exchange, also called interlayer exchange coupling, and surface anisotropy. The two main difficulties are the non-linearity of the Landau-Lifshitz equation and the absence of a good sequence of extension operators for the multilayer geometry. First, we consider the case when surface anisotropy is the dominant term, then the case when the magnitude of the super-exchange interaction is inversely proportional to the interlayer distance. We establish the homogenized equation in these two situations.

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Santugini-Repiquet, Kévin. "Homogenization of ferromagnetic multilayers in the presence of surface energies." ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations 13.2 (2007): 305-330. <http://eudml.org/doc/249990>.

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author = {Santugini-Repiquet, Kévin},
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