Micromagnetism in Amorphous Alloys

Brown\´s micromagnetic equations are derived for the case of dipolar and "magnetocrystalline" fluctuations in amorphous ferromagnetic alloys. The influence of these fluctuations and the effects of internal stresses of so-called quasi-dislocation dipoles on the law of approach to ferromagnetic saturation is discussed in detail. It is shown that intrinsic fluctuations of magnetic properties lead to a -term in the high-field range whereas internal stresses give rise to - and -power laws. A quantitative analysis of experimental results indicates that internal stresses dominate the effects of intrinsic fluctuations considerably.