Nucleation of weak stripe domains: Determination of exchange and anisotropy thermal variation

作者:Asti G*; Ghidini M; Mulazzi M; Pellicelli R; Solzi M; Chesnel K; Marty A
来源:Physical Review B, 2007, 76(9): 094414.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.76.094414

摘要

The phenomenon of stripe domain nucleation is deeply investigated both theoretically and experimentally in FePd films by the rigorous micromagnetic theory of domain nucleation and x-ray resonant magnetic scattering. The critical domain width and the nucleation field are determined by measuring the magnetic satellite peak position and integrated intensities in a wide temperature interval up to 400 degrees C (0.9T(c)) at varying in-plane magnetic fields for each temperature value. We develop and demonstrate a procedure that allows us to determine directly from the micromagnetic treatment the exchange stiffness constant A and the first order anisotropy constant K-u as a function of temperature. The proposed procedure, based on linearized micromagnetic equations at the critical field, is valid for magnetic films with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, and is therefore effective to measure A and K-u in a technologically relevant class of materials.

  • 出版日期2007-9
  • 单位中国地震局