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Micromagnetic Domain Structures of Nano-scale Nickel Dots

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Author(s)

A Kunz

Abstract

The magnetic domain structure of cylindrical nickel dots is found to be a function of dot diameter and stripe period of unpatterned films of like thickness. This study was completed using magnetic force microscopy, and Landau-Lifshitz Gilbert micromagnetic simulations. The results in a series of 100 nm thick dots, between 60 nm and 1000 nm in diameter, fell into two categories: a series of stripe domains, and a set of ring domains. The domains, separated by magnetic vortices, increase in complexity as the dot diameter increases. The abundances of the imaged states is correlated with the calculated energy of the dots.
Citation
Micromagnetic Domain Structures of Nano-scale Nickel Dots

Keywords

magnetic domain, magnetic force microscopy, nickel, nickel dots

Citation

Kunz, A. (2001), Micromagnetic Domain Structures of Nano-scale Nickel Dots, Micromagnetic Domain Structures of Nano-scale Nickel Dots (Accessed March 28, 2024)
Created January 1, 2001, Updated February 17, 2017