DocumentCode :
1498156
Title :
Domain-Wall Pinning and Depinning at Soft Spots in Magnetic Nanowires
Author :
Vogel, Andreas ; Wintz, Sebastian ; Kimling, Judith ; Bolte, Markus ; Strache, Thomas ; Fritzsche, Monika ; Im, Mi-Young ; Fischer, Peter ; Meier, Guido ; Fassbender, Jürgen
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Angewandte Phys., Univ. Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Volume :
46
Issue :
6
fYear :
2010
fDate :
6/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
1708
Lastpage :
1710
Abstract :
The local modification of magnetic properties by ion irradiation opens the possibility to create pinning sites for domain walls in magnetic nanowires without geometric constrictions. Implantation of chromium ions into Ni80Fe20 nanowires is used to cause a local reduction of the saturation magnetization Ms and thus a decrease of the energy associated with the domain wall. Field-driven pinning and depinning of a domain wall at the here so-called magnetic soft spots is directly observed using magnetic transmission soft X-ray microscopy. The pinning rate and the depinning field considerably depend on the wire width and the chromium fluence.
Keywords :
X-ray microscopy; ferromagnetic materials; ion beam effects; ion implantation; iron alloys; magnetic domain walls; magnetisation; nanowires; nickel alloys; Ni80Fe20; domain-wall pinning; geometric constrictions; ion implantation; ion irradiation; magnetic nanowires; magnetic soft spots; magnetic transmission soft X-ray microscopy; saturation magnetization; Chromium; Iron; Magnetic domain walls; Magnetic domains; Magnetic force microscopy; Magnetic properties; Nanowires; Saturation magnetization; Soft magnetic materials; Wire; Domain walls and domain structure; intrinsic properties of magnetically ordered materials; magnetic properties of nanostructures; magnetization reversal mechanisms;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9464
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/TMAG.2010.2042285
Filename :
5467416
Link To Document :
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