Magnetization reversal mechanisms in 35-nm diameter Fe1-xGax/Cu multilayered nanowires (original) (raw)

Journal of Applied Physics, 2012

Abstract

In this work, magnetization reversal mechanisms in various 35 nm diameter Fe80Ga20/Cu multilayered nanowire arrays were studied by a vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) equipped with vector coils, making it possible to monitor both x- and y-components of the sample moment during reversal. When reversal fields were applied in the low angular range (0 – 60°), all nanowire structures, irrespective of Fe80Ga20 or Cu aspect ratios, experienced reversal by nucleation and propagation of a vortex domain wall. However, when fields were applied in the high angular range of 60–90°, reversal occurred by coherent rotation. Using vector-VSM, it was further shown that in structures with pancake-like Fe80Ga20 segments, the extent to which moments in adjacent segments rotate cooperatively decreased as the Cu thickness increased.

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