Computer Simulation of Exchange Bias Field at the Ferromagnetic-Antiferromagnetic Boundary

Abstract

Abstract This paper presents computer simulation results for a bilayer system with ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic films. The dependence of the exchange bias field on the external magnetic field for this system is calculated. The Heisenberg model and the Wolf cluster algorithm are used for calculations. The reason for the appearance the bias field is the interaction between spins at the films interface. An increase the external magnetic field leads to a nonlinear increase the bias field. There are two reasons for nonlinearity. First, the external magnetic field suppresses antiferromagnetic ordering. Second, an external magnetic field-ordered ferromagnetic has an inverse effect on the antiferromagnetic film.