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Frequency-based nanoparticle sensing over large field ranges using the ferromagnetic resonances of a magnetic nanodisc

Frequency-based nanoparticle sensing over large field ranges using the ferromagnetic resonances of a magnetic nanodisc
Frequency-based nanoparticle sensing over large field ranges using the ferromagnetic resonances of a magnetic nanodisc
Using finite element micromagnetic simulations, we study how resonant magnetisation dynamics in thin magnetic discs with perpendicular anisotropy are influenced by magnetostatic coupling to a magnetic nanoparticle. We identify resonant modes within the disc using direct magnetic eigenmode calculations and study how their frequencies and spatial profiles are changed by the nanoparticle's stray magnetic field. We demonstrate that particles can generate shifts in the resonant frequency of the disc's fundamental mode which exceed resonance linewidths in recently studied spin torque oscillator devices. Importantly, it is shown that the simulated shifts can be maintained over large field ranges (here up to 1 T). This is because the resonant dynamics (the basis of nanoparticle detection here) respond directly to the nanoparticle stray field, i.e. detection does not rely on nanoparticle-induced changes to the magnetic ground state of the disc. A consequence of this is that in the case of small disc-particle separations, sensitivities to the particle are highly mode- and particle-position-dependent, with frequency shifts being maximised when the intense stray field localised directly beneath the particle can act on a large proportion of the disc's spins that are undergoing high amplitude precession.
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Albert, Maximilian
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Albert, Maximilian, Beg, Marijan, Chernyshenko, Dmitri, Bisotti, Marc-Antonio, Carey, Rebecca L., Fangohr, Hans and Metaxas, Peter J. (2016) Frequency-based nanoparticle sensing over large field ranges using the ferromagnetic resonances of a magnetic nanodisc. Nanotechnology, 27 (45), 1-8. (doi:10.1088/0957-4484/27/45/455502).

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Using finite element micromagnetic simulations, we study how resonant magnetisation dynamics in thin magnetic discs with perpendicular anisotropy are influenced by magnetostatic coupling to a magnetic nanoparticle. We identify resonant modes within the disc using direct magnetic eigenmode calculations and study how their frequencies and spatial profiles are changed by the nanoparticle's stray magnetic field. We demonstrate that particles can generate shifts in the resonant frequency of the disc's fundamental mode which exceed resonance linewidths in recently studied spin torque oscillator devices. Importantly, it is shown that the simulated shifts can be maintained over large field ranges (here up to 1 T). This is because the resonant dynamics (the basis of nanoparticle detection here) respond directly to the nanoparticle stray field, i.e. detection does not rely on nanoparticle-induced changes to the magnetic ground state of the disc. A consequence of this is that in the case of small disc-particle separations, sensitivities to the particle are highly mode- and particle-position-dependent, with frequency shifts being maximised when the intense stray field localised directly beneath the particle can act on a large proportion of the disc's spins that are undergoing high amplitude precession.

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Accepted/In Press date: 8 August 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 6 October 2016
Published date: 6 October 2016
Organisations: Computational Engineering & Design Group

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Local EPrints ID: 401704
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/401704
ISSN: 0957-4484
PURE UUID: 9b01be91-35f6-4cb6-bb2b-4696cc2d2103
ORCID for Marijan Beg: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6670-3994
ORCID for Hans Fangohr: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5494-7193

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Date deposited: 19 Oct 2016 15:24
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 05:59

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Author: Maximilian Albert
Author: Marijan Beg ORCID iD
Author: Dmitri Chernyshenko
Author: Marc-Antonio Bisotti
Author: Rebecca L. Carey
Author: Hans Fangohr ORCID iD
Author: Peter J. Metaxas

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