Stripe domains

Result

Stripe domains result

Sample

Stripe domains sample

Python script

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
# /// script
# requires-python = ">=3.10"
# dependencies = ["bornagain>=25,<26"]
# ///
"""
Off-specular polarized neutron scattering from magnetic stripe domains.

The geometry follows the domain model from Saerbeck et al.,
Nanomaterials 10, 752 (2020): a CoFe/IrMn thin-film stack with a
periodic head-to-head/tail-to-tail stripe pattern in the CoFe layer.
"""
from math import cos, sin

import bornagain as ba
ba.require_versions("bornagain>=25,<26")
from bornagain import R3, deg, micrometer, nm


colors = {
    "TaOx": (0.72, 0.72, 0.72),
    "Ta": (0.45, 0.45, 0.48),
    "CoFe": (0.48, 0.32, 0.80),
    "IrMn": (0.86, 0.24, 0.18),
    "Cu": (0.94, 0.54, 0.20),
    "SiO2": (0.28, 0.57, 0.82),
    "Si": (0.35, 0.35, 0.35),
}

sld = {
    "TaOx": (5.54e-6, 3.3e-9),
    "Ta": (3.52e-6, 3.3e-9),
    "CoFe": (4.17e-6, 3.7e-9),
    "IrMn": (-0.74e-6, 18.2e-9),
    "Cu": (5.57e-6, 0.7e-9),
    "SiO2": (3.66e-6, 0.012e-9),
    "Si": (2.10e-6, 0.023e-9),
}

thickness = {
    "TaOx": 3.1*nm,
    "Ta": 8.3*nm,
    "CoFe": 6.1*nm,
    "IrMn": 29.6*nm,
    "Cu": 3.7*nm,
    "SiO2": 1.0*nm,
    "Si": None,
}

def B(Bmag, Bangle_deg):
    Bangle = Bangle_deg*deg
    return R3(Bmag*sin(Bangle), Bmag*cos(Bangle), 0)


def stripes_layout():
    stripe_length = 1000*micrometer
    Bmag = 1.71e6

    width_right = 5.3*micrometer
    formfactor_right = ba.Box(width_right, stripe_length, thickness["CoFe"])
    m_right = ba.SLDMaterial("CoFe_right", colors["CoFe"], *sld["CoFe"], B(Bmag, 89))
    stripe_right = ba.Particle(m_right, formfactor_right)

    width_left = 3.7*micrometer
    formfactor_left = ba.Box(width_left, stripe_length, thickness["CoFe"])
    m_left = ba.SLDMaterial("CoFe_left", colors["CoFe"], *sld["CoFe"], B(Bmag, -82))
    stripe_left = ba.Particle(m_left, formfactor_left)

    width_wall = 0.6*micrometer
    formfactor_wall = ba.Box(width_wall, stripe_length, thickness["CoFe"])
    m_wall = ba.SLDMaterial("CoFe_wall", colors["CoFe"], *sld["CoFe"], B(Bmag, 0))
    stripe_wall = ba.Particle(m_wall, formfactor_wall)

    cell = ba.Compound()
    cell.addComponent(stripe_right)
    cell.addComponent(stripe_wall, R3(width_right, 0, 0))
    cell.addComponent(stripe_left, R3(width_right + width_wall, 0, 0))
    cell.addComponent(stripe_wall, R3(width_right + width_wall + width_left, 0, 0))

    period = width_right + width_left + 2*width_wall
    layout = ba.Crystal1D(cell, period, 0, (1 - 1e-9)/stripe_length)
    layout.setDecayFunction(ba.Profile1DCauchy(6*period))
    return layout


def get_sample():
    material_taox = ba.SLDMaterial("TaOx", colors["TaOx"], *sld["TaOx"])
    material_ta = ba.SLDMaterial("Ta", colors["Ta"], *sld["Ta"])
    material_cofe = ba.SLDMaterial("CoFe", colors["CoFe"], *sld["CoFe"])
    material_irmn = ba.SLDMaterial("IrMn_nm", colors["IrMn"], *sld["IrMn"], B(0, 0))
    material_cu = ba.SLDMaterial("Cu", colors["Cu"], *sld["Cu"])
    material_sio2 = ba.SLDMaterial("SiO2", colors["SiO2"], *sld["SiO2"])
    material_si = ba.SLDMaterial("Si", colors["Si"], *sld["Si"])

    sample = ba.Sample()
    sample.addLayer(ba.Layer(ba.Vacuum()))

    sample.addLayer(ba.Layer(material_taox, thickness["TaOx"]))
    sample.addLayer(ba.Layer(material_ta, thickness["Ta"]))

    layer_cofe = ba.Layer(material_cofe, thickness["CoFe"])
    layer_cofe.deposit2D(stripes_layout())
    sample.addLayer(layer_cofe)

    sample.addLayer(ba.Layer(material_irmn, thickness["IrMn"]))
    sample.addLayer(ba.Layer(material_cu, thickness["Cu"]))
    sample.addLayer(ba.Layer(material_sio2, thickness["SiO2"]))
    sample.addLayer(ba.Layer(material_si))
    return sample


def get_simulation(sample, grazing_angle, alpha_f_min, alpha_f_max, polarization):
    nlambda = 115
    nalpha = 115

    scan = ba.LambdaScan(nlambda, 0.4*nm, 2.0*nm)
    scan.setIntensity(1)
    scan.setGrazingAngle(grazing_angle)
    scan.setPolarization(polarization)

    beam_divergence = ba.DistributionLorentz(
        0, 0.01*deg, 9, 5)
    scan.setGrazingAngleDistribution(beam_divergence)

    phi_range = 0.0001*deg
    detector = ba.OffspecDetector(
        nalpha, alpha_f_min, alpha_f_max, -phi_range/2, +phi_range/2)
    simulation = ba.OffspecSimulation(scan, sample, detector)
    simulation.options().setIncludeSpecular(True)
    simulation.options().setOffspecIntegratorOptions(
        "AdaptiveGaussKronrod",
        {
            "max_subintervals": 100,
            "abs_tolerance": 1e-3,
            "rel_tolerance": 1e-2,
            "GK_rule": 2,
        })
    return simulation


def simulate(grazing_angle, alpha_f_min, alpha_f_max, polarization, title):
    sample = get_sample()
    simulation = get_simulation(
        sample, grazing_angle, alpha_f_min, alpha_f_max, polarization)
    result = simulation.simulate()
    result = ba.FrameTrafo.Transpose(result)
    result.setTitle(title)
    return result


if __name__ == '__main__':
    ba.showSample3D(get_sample(), sample_size=25*micrometer, seed=0)
    pol = R3(0, +1, 0)
    results = [
        simulate(0.5*deg, 0.2*deg, 2.0*deg, pol, r"$R^+$, $\theta_i=0.5^\circ$"),
        simulate(1.5*deg, 0.2*deg, 3.0*deg, pol, r"$R^+$, $\theta_i=1.5^\circ$"),
    ]
    max_val = max(result.maxVal() for result in results)
    intensity_max = max_val/4
    intensity_min = intensity_max/10**4.5
    ba.plot2d_to_row(
        results,
        cmap="jet",
        intensity_max=intensity_max,
        intensity_min=intensity_min,
        frame_aspect=1)
    ba.plt.show()
auto/Examples/offspec/StripeDomains.py