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Journal of Applied Physics

Spreading of damage in ferromagnetic thin films: Profiles and temporal evolution

ANA VITóRIA LAURINDO DE LIMA, M. L. Lyra, U.M.S. Costa

Published Apr 15, 1997• 4 citations
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Abstract

We numerically investigate the critical behavior of layered S=1/2 Ising ferromagnetic thin films with an enhanced surface coupling constant by using the spreading of damage technique through the Metropolis dynamics. We obtain that near the bulk critical spreading temperature, the Hamming distance profile changes its shape from a positive curvature profile for Js/J<1.4 to a negative curvature profile for Js/J>1.4, which is a signature of the reminiscent special surface-bulk transition which occurs in the semi-infinite system. Furthermore, we show that the temporal evolution of the damage front exhibits a typical exponential growth above critically while in the critical region the behavior is diffusive.

DOI
10.1063/1.364914

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We investigate the crossover of critical behavior for the dynamic phase transition (DPT) in ferromagnetic thin films using Monte Carlo simulations of the kinetic Ising model, focusing on the scaling behavior of the dynamic order parameter under a time-dependent external magnetic field. Specifically, we study the transition of the critical behavior of such multilayer film systems from two-dimensional (2D) to three-dimensional (3D) as a function of the film thickness and the distance to the critical point, which enables dimensional crossover observations. Our results indicate that the effective critical exponents exhibit a clear transition in their scaling behavior, with thinner films showing 2D-like characteristics and thicker films displaying 3D-like behavior, for both the DPT and the thermodynamic phase transitions (TPT). Quantitatively, the crossover from 2D to 3D behavior occurs at larger film thicknesses for the DPT compared to the TPT, suggesting that DPT and TPT are governed by distinctly different length scales and underlying surface effects. These findings are in agreement with experimental observations in ultrathin Co films, where dynamic and thermodynamic critical exponents were found to differ. Therefore, our study provides an in-depth explanation for critical phenomena in thin-film ferromagnets driven by a time-dependent magnetic field. By comparing the dimensional crossover properties of both TPT and DPT, we present a comprehensive understanding of how thin-film geometry and surface effects influence the scaling laws and critical behavior in nonequilibrium systems.
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