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- Magnus, Fridrik, et al.
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Giant magnetic domains in amorphous SmCo thin films
- 2014
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Ingår i: Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. - 1098-0121 .- 1550-235X. ; 89:22, s. 224420-1-224420-5
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The potential for tuning of magnetic properties and the exceptional uniformity are among the features that make amorphous magnetic materials attractive for technology. Here it is shown that the magnetization reversal in amorphous SmCo thin films takes place through the formation of giant magnetic domains, over a centimeter across. The domain structure is found to be dictated by the direction of the imprinted in-plane easy axis and the film boundaries. This is a consequence of the size of the anisotropy and the structural uniformity of the films, which also allows the movement of millimeter-long domain walls over distances of several millimeters. The results demonstrate the possibility of tailoring the magnetic domain structure in amorphous magnets over a wide range of length scales, up to centimeters. Moreover, they highlight an important consequence of the structural perfection of amorphous films.
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- Magnus, Fridrik, et al.
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Magnetostrictive properties of amorphous SmCo thin films with imprinted anisotropy
- 2014
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Ingår i: Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. - 1098-0121 .- 1550-235X. ; 89:13, s. 134414-1-134414-6
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We examine the magnetostriction in amorphous SmCo thin films with a composition in the range 4-27 at.% Sm. The magnetostriction increases significantly with increasing Sm content but is small compared to terbium-based ferromagnetic compounds, despite the large imprinted anisotropy. The magnetostriction and anisotropy both increase approximately linearly as the temperature is reduced. The magnetoelastic energy is found to be far smaller than the anisotropy energy so the magnetoelastic atomic displacements during growth cannot be the origin of the imprinted anisotropy. The anisotropy is only slightly altered by the application of large tensile stresses, indicating that the local strain fields involved in magnetostriction are not equivalent to the global strain produced by mechanical bending.
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- Moubah, Reda, et al.
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Antisymmetric magnetoresistance in SmCo5 amorphous films with imprinted in-plane magnetic anisotropy
- 2014
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Ingår i: Journal of Applied Physics. - : AIP Publishing. - 0021-8979 .- 1089-7550. ; 115:5, s. 053911-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We report on magnetoresistance measurements in SmCo5 amorphous films with a giant imprinted magnetic anisotropy. At low applied field parallel to the easy axis, the magnetoresistance exhibits a hysteretic, square, and antisymmetric shape. The antisymmetry in the magnetoresistance is a result of the non-uniform distribution of the magnetization direction over the sample in conjunction with the extraordinary Hall effect. Moreover, the combination of anisotropic magnetoresistance measurements and magnetic domain imaging demonstrates that the symmetry depends on the magnetization orientation with respect to the applied field.
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- Moubah, Reda, et al.
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Origin of the anomalous temperature dependence of coercivity in soft ferromagnets
- 2014
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Ingår i: Journal of Applied Physics. - : AIP Publishing. - 0021-8979 .- 1089-7550. ; 116:5
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We report on the origin of the anomalous temperature dependence of coercivity observed in some soft ferromagnets by studying the magnetic and electronic properties of FeZr films doped using ion implantation by H, He, B, C, and N. The anomalous increase of the coercivity with temperature was observed only in the C- and B-doped samples. Using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, we show that the anomalous behavior of the coercivity coincides with the occurrence of an electron charge transfer for those implanted samples. The origin of the anomaly is discussed in terms of (i) magnetic softness, (ii) nature of the Fe-C and -B covalent bonds, and (iii) large charge transfer.
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- Moubah, Reda, et al.
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Strain enhanced magnetic anisotropy in SmCo/BaTiO3 multiferroic heterostructures
- 2014
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Ingår i: Journal of Applied Physics. - : AIP Publishing. - 0021-8979 .- 1089-7550. ; 115:5, s. 053905-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We report on the changes in magnetic properties of SmCo/BaTiO3 multiferroic heterostructures as the BaTiO3 substrate undergoes its structural phase transitions. The observations show that the macroscopic magnetization of the SmCo film is affected by the structural phase transitions of the BaTiO3 substrate. Kerr microscopy images show that the magnetic domains of SmCo films have a zigzag shape but their shape is not influenced by the strain transferred from the substrate during the structural phase transitions. Analysis of the magnetoelastic energy shows that the macroscopic change of the magnetization is accompanied by an enhancement of the magnetic anisotropy for the orthorhombic phase of the BaTiO3 substrate and not a change in symmetry of the anisotropy.
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