Mathematics & Physics 2016, 9(4), 524–527 УДК 537.622 Micromagnetic Simulation of Magnetization Reversal Processes in Thin Obliquely Deposited Films Platon N. Solovev∗ Andrey V. Izotov† Boris A. Belyaev‡ Kirensky Institute of Physics SB RAS Akademgorodok, 50/38, Krasnoyarsk, 660036 Institute of Engineering Physics and Radio Electronics Siberian Federal University Svobodny, 79, Krasnoyarsk, 660041 Russia Received 20.08.2016, received in revised form 10.10.2016, accepted 07.11.2016 The magnetization reversal processes in thin obliquely deposited films were studied by means of micromagnetic modeling. <...> Thin film structures for micromagnetic study were generated by Monte Carlo film growth simulator. <...> Using obtained hysteresis loops for the generated films, we retrieved coercivity and remanent magnetization as a function of the deposition angle α. <...> The results showed that for films with α < 65◦ the magnetization reversal occurred via coherent rotation of magnetic moments, whereas samples generated with larger deposition angles reverse their magnetization by the formation of complex quasidomain magnetic structures. <...> The numerical results are in a good accordance with the previously reported experimental measurements. <...> Introduction Oblique deposition is a well-known method that allows for fabrication of thin films with complex non-uniform columnar morphology that is governed by the competition between geometrical shadowing and limited diffusion processes [1]. <...> In the case of magnetic materials, this columnar microstructure leads to the modification of magnetic properties of the resulting films. <...> By controlling the deposition angle (the angle between a particles flux and a film normal) during films growth, it is possible to produce samples with desirable values of a magnetic uniaxial anisotropy [2] and coercivity [3]. <...> These oblique magnetic films have great potential for use in a wide range of applications, including data storage [4] and microwave devices [5]. <...> Therefore, it is important to understand better the relation between microstructural and static magnetic properties of such samples. <...> However, while there are numerous experimental investigations of obliquely deposited thin magnetic films (see, for example, Ref. [2]), to our knowledge, only a few theoretical works are present [6, 7]. <...> In this work, we use Monte Carlo film growth simulator ∗platon.solovev@gmail.com <...>