GIANT MAGNETOIMPEDANCE IN HIGHLY TEXTURED (110)[001]FESI3-PERCENT

In this paper, results on the magnetoimpedance (MI) effect in sharply textured (110)[001] FeSi3% are reported. This material has high permea bility and magnetocrystalline anisotropy and has a very low cost. The measurements were made for circular and rectangular samples at differe nt angles (theta) between the [001] easy axis and the direction of the probe current. A very high MI (up to 360% at 100 kHz) has been obtain ed in the studied samples, which under adequate angles (theta), exhibi t a single peak centered on zero de field. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics.