Magnetic field-induced instabilities and irreversible evolution in modulated ferromagnetic phases of cobalt films
| Autor: | Michel Hehn, K. Ounadjela, S. Padovani, Jean-Pierre Bucher, M. Demand |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Materials science
Magnetic domain Condensed matter physics chemistry.chemical_element Magnetic particle inspection Condensed Matter Physics Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials Magnetic field Condensed Matter::Materials Science Hysteresis Magnetization Ferromagnetism chemistry Condensed Matter::Strongly Correlated Electrons Magnetic force microscope Cobalt |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 247:147-152 |
| ISSN: | 0304-8853 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0304-8853(02)00031-8 |
| Popis: | Ferromagnetic films of HCP cobalt with a thickness above 50 nm possess an out-of-plane magnetization. Magnetic force microscopy (MFM) is used to investigate the modulated domains of alternatively up and down magnetization. By applying a perpendicular magnetic field, the low-energy stripe configuration undergoes a zigzag distortion. As is revealed by MFM, a further increase of the maximum applied field produces a pinching of the stripes, which break up into magnetic bubbles. We show to which extent the formation of two types of topologically different bubbles can explain the particular shape of hysteresis curves of these cobalt films. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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