Monte Carlo simulations of dynamic phase transitions in ultrathin Blume-Capel films

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YÜKSEL Y.

PHYSICS LETTERS A, vol.377, no.38, pp.2494-2504, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 377 Issue: 38
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.physleta.2013.08.001
  • Journal Name: PHYSICS LETTERS A
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.2494-2504
  • Keywords: Dynamic phase transition, Monte Carlo simulation, Magnetic thin film, Surface magnetism, KINETIC ISING-MODEL, TRANSVERSE FIELD, MAGNETIC-FIELD, THIN-FILM, FERROMAGNETIC-FILMS, CURIE-TEMPERATURE, FREE-SURFACE, DOMAIN-WALL, HYSTERESIS, SPIN-1
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Dynamic phase transition phenomena in ultrathin films described by the Blume-Capel model have been investigated using Monte Carlo simulations. Hysteresis loops, micromagnetic structures, and hysteresis loop area curves, as well as dynamic correlation between the magnetization and the external field have been studied as functions of the field, as well as the film parameters. The variation of critical coupling of the modified film surface at which the transition temperature becomes independent of film thickness has been clarified for varying system parameters. Frequency dispersion of hysteresis loop area has been found to obey a power law for low and moderate frequencies for both ordinary and enhanced surfaces. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.