• DocumentCode
    788869
  • Title

    Direct observation of magnetostatic coupling of chain arrays of magnetic disks

  • Author

    Zhu, Xiaobin ; Metlushko, Vitali ; Ilic, Bojan ; Grutter, Peter

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., McGill Univ., Montreal, Canada
  • Volume
    39
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    2744
  • Lastpage
    2746
  • Abstract
    Magnetostatic coupling of Permalloy disk chains were studied by magnetic-force microscopy. The annihilation process occurs at the center of the chain, while nucleation initiates at the edge of the chain. The switching is strongly coupled along the chain direction.
  • Keywords
    Permalloy; magnetic force microscopy; magnetic switching; magnetostatics; Ni80Fe20; Permalloy disk chains; magnetic-force microscopy; magnetostatic coupling; switching; vortex annihilation; vortex nucleation; Couplings; Magnetic anisotropy; Magnetic cores; Magnetic fields; Magnetic force microscopy; Magnetic separation; Magnetostatics; Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; Physics; Scanning electron microscopy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TMAG.2003.815586
  • Filename
    1233204