Collective modes for an array of magnetic dots with perpendicular magnetization

TL;DR

This paper calculates the collective oscillation modes of magnetic dots in arrays, analyzing how external fields and anisotropy affect stability and revealing non-trivial anomalies in the dispersion relations.

Contribution

It introduces a detailed calculation of dispersion relations for magnetic dot arrays considering external fields and anisotropy, highlighting stability criteria and anomalies.

Findings

Critical magnetic field for ferromagnetic stability identified

Antiferromagnetic state stable at low magnetic fields

Non-analytic dispersion relations with Van Hove anomalies

Abstract

The dispersion relations of collective oscillations of the magnetic moment of magnetic dots arranged in square-planar arrays and having magnetic moments perpendicular to the array plane are calculated. The presence of the external magnetic field perpendicular to the plane of array, as well as the uniaxial anisotropy for single dot are taken into account. The ferromagnetic state with all the magnetic moments parallel, and chessboard antiferromagnetic state are considered. The dispersion relation yields information about the stability of different states of the array. There is a critical magnetic field below which the ferromagnetic state is unstable. The antiferromagnetic state is stable for small enough magnetic fields. The dispersion relation is non-analytic as the value of the wave vector approaches zero. Non-trivial Van Hove anomalies are also found for both ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic states.