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To run Spin-valve Bench, click on the SVB icon of the Spin-valve Bench program group. The SVB window appears and Magsimus automatically loads (if not already running). The program runs a brief check of license privileges; if all goes well, you are presented with the new-design dialog box shown in Fig. 1, from which you may begin an empty design or select from one of several design templates by making a selection from the Templates box A. Starting an empty design gives you the opportunity to build up a new device from scratch.  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fig. 1. New-design dialog box

As you click on an entry in the Templates box, an illustration of the design appears on the Illustration box B and a brief description of the design is displayed in box C at the bottom. Try out these actions to familiarize yourself with them. The other input areas allow you to characterize your new design further; you can learn more about these by clicking the Help button. Click the entry Simple Pseudo Spin-valve cell in the template box. Click and check the Use single-domain approximations box and then click the OK button. (An alternate way of completing the specification of a design is to double-click its entry in the Templates box). The windows shown in Fig 2 are displayed after the SVB software loads. Window A is the SVB window. It communicates with and controls the windows B and C which are Magsimus windows. You specify your designs in the SVB window and also close the application from here. A design created from the template we selected is displayed in the System-view window C. The arrows represent the magnetization vectors of the components.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Fig. 2. SVB (A) and Magsimus (B and C) windows after SVB startup completes.

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