Magnetic relaxation in thin Co films with in-plane magnetization - art. no. 180402

Authors
Boukari, S Allenspach, R Bischof, A
Citation
S. Boukari et al., Magnetic relaxation in thin Co films with in-plane magnetization - art. no. 180402, PHYS REV B, 6318(18), 2001, pp. 0402
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
ISSN journal
01631829 → ACNP
Volume
6318
Issue
18
Year of publication
2001
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-1829(20010501)6318:18<0402:MRITCF>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Magnetic relaxation along two nonequivalent axes has been investigated in C o films on stepped Cu(001) by magneto-optical Kerr effect and correlated to magnetic domain patterns and structural defects by spin-polarized scanning electron microscopy. The results show that nucleation is dominated by anis otropy rather than magnetostatics. Domain wall velocity is not constant for a given held. but depends on the initial state of the system.