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We develop a general formalism for analyzing the ferromagnetic resonance characteristics of a magnetic dimer consisting of two magnetic elements (in a horizontal or vertical configuration) coupled by dipolar interaction, taking account of their finite-size and aspect ratio. We study the effect on the resonance frequency and resonance field of the applied magnetic field (in amplitude and direction), the inter-element coupling, and the uniaxial anisotropy in various configurations. We obtain analytical expressions for the resonance frequency in various regimes of the interlayer coupling. We (numerically) investigate the behavior of the resonance field in the corresponding regimes. The critical value of the applied magnetic field at which the resonance frequency vanishes may be an increasing or a decreasing function of the dimer's coupling, depending on the anisotropy configuration. It is also a function of the nanomagnets aspect ratio in the case of in-plane anisotropy. This and several other results of this work, when compared with experiments using the standard ferromagnetic resonance with fixed frequency, or the network analyzer with varying frequency and applied magnetic field, provide a useful means for characterizing the effective anisotropy and coupling within systems of stacked or assembled nanomagnets.Comment: 22 Pages, 13 Figure

We investigate the dynamics of a magnetic system consisting of two magnetic moments coupled by either exchange, dipole-dipole, or Dzyalozhinski-Moriya interaction. We compare the switching mechanisms and switching rates as induced by the three couplings. For each coupling and each configuration of the two anisotropy axes, we describe the switching modes and, using the kinetic theory of Langer, we provide (semi-)analytical expressions for the switching rate. We then compare the three interactions with regard to their efficiency in the reversal of the net magnetic moment of the dimer. We also investigate how the energy barriers vary with the coupling. For the dipole-dipole interaction we find that the energy barrier may either increase or decrease with the coupling depending on whether the latter is weak or strong. Finally, upon comparing the various switching rates, we find that the dipole-dipole coupling leads to the slowest magnetic dimer, as far as the switching of its net magnetic moment is concerned. arXiv:1106.4713v2 [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]

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