Magnetic stripes and holes: Complex domain patterns in perforated films with weak perpendicular anisotropy

Autor: F. Valdés-Bango, M. Vélez, L. M. Alvarez-Prado, J. M. Alameda, J. I. Martín
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: AIP Advances, Vol 7, Iss 5, Pp 056303-056303-4 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2158-3226
DOI: 10.1063/1.4973284
Popis: Hexagonal antidot arrays have been patterned on weak perpendicular magnetic anisotropy NdCo films by e-beam lithography and lift off. Domain structure has been characterized by Magnetic Force Microscopy at remanence. On a local length scale, of the order of stripe pattern period, domain configuration is controlled by edge effects within the stripe pattern: stripe domains meet the hole boundary at either perpendicular or parallel orientation. On a longer length scale, in-plane magnetostatic effects dominate the system: clear superdomains are observed in the patterned film with average in-plane magnetization along the easy directions of the antidot array, correlated over several antidot array cells.
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