Dense stripe domains in a nanocrystalline CoFeSiB thin film

Jungbum Yoon, Seung young Park, Younghun Jo, Myung Hwa Jung, Chun Yeol You, Taewan Kim, Jang Roh Rhee, Young Keun Kim

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    Abstract

    We recently reported a possible antiferromagnetically coupled phase in a Co-rich CoFeSiB thin film, that had a partially nanocrystalline Co phase in an amorphous CoFeSiB matrix. Although an amorphous CoFeSiB film should show a ferromagnetic behavior, we observed an antiferromagnetic coupling associated with a nanocrystalline Co phase in the hysteresis-loop measurements of Co-rich CoFeSiB thin films. We ascribed the observed antiferromagnetic coupling to dense stripe domains consisting of periodically up and down domains perpendicular to the surface of the film. The configuration of the stripe domains was confirmed with magnetic force microscopy images. When a longitudinal magnetic field was applied, the size of the stripe domain was reduced. While for a transverse field, the domain structure became tilted and zigzagged, but no in-plane magnetic anisotropy was noted. When the magnetic field was increased to values above the saturation magnetic field, HS = 2.5 kOe, the domain structure disappeared.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)688-690
    Number of pages3
    JournalCurrent Applied Physics
    Volume9
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2009 May

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This work was supported by the Sogang University Research Grant of 200810017, by a Korea Research Foundation Grant funded by the Korean Government (MOEHRD) (KRF-2008-531-C00028 and KRF-2005-070-C00053), and by Grant M10500000105-05J0000-10510 from the National Research Laboratory Program of the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation.

    Copyright:
    Copyright 2009 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

    Keywords

    • Antiferromagnetic coupling
    • CoFeSiB thin film
    • Dense stripe domain
    • Nanocrystalline

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Materials Science
    • General Physics and Astronomy

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