Magnetic Properties Study of the Nano-Alloy Fe1+xCo1−x by Monte-Carlo Simulations

Abstract

Motivated by spintronic devices and their applications, we engineer a model to investigate the magnetic properties of the magnetic nano-alloy Fe[Formula: see text]Co[Formula: see text]. Where [Formula: see text] is the fraction of iron atoms Fe substituted by the cobalt Co atoms, [Formula: see text] corresponds to 50% Fe atoms and 50% Co atoms, this compound is then called equiatomic FeCo. The purpose of this work is to apply the Monte-Carlo Simulations (MCS), under Metropolis algorithm to predict the magnetic properties of such system. In a first step, we propose a model describing this system including different exchange coupling interactions. Then, we establish and analyze the ground state phase diagrams, in different planes. For non-null temperature values, applied MCS under the Metropolis algorithm. The behavior of both the magnetizations and the susceptibilities are illustrated as a function of temperature. Also the effect of the different exchange coupling interactions is studied and discussed. The hysteresis loops are presented and analyzed for specific values of temperature, exchange coupling interactions and concentrations.