Year: 2005
Type: article
Abstract: We study the fundamental magnetic states of disc-shaped ferromagnetic particles with a uniaxial anisotropy along the symmetry axis. Besides the monodomain, a bidomain state is also identified and studied both numerically and theoretically. This bidomain state in the symmetry broken system is the analog of the vortex state, consists of two coaxial oppositely magnetized cylindrically symmetric domains, and is stable at zero-bias field, unlike magnetic bubbles in ferromagnetic films. For a given disc thickness we find the critical radius above which the magnetization configuration falls into the bidomain bubble state. The critical radius depends strongly on the film thickness, especially for ultrathin films. In an external field the bidomain state remains stable over a range of field strengths. The switching from the bidomain to the monodomain takes place through an abrupt domain annihilation mechanism.
Source: Physical Review B
Institution: University of Cambridge
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2095535173