Self-Trapping of Magnetic Oscillation Modes in Landau Flux-Closure Structures

A. Krasyuk, F. Wegelin, S. A. Nepijko, H. J. Elmers, G. Schönhense, M. Bolte, and C. M. Schneider
Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 207201 – Published 7 November 2005

Abstract

We investigated the magnetodynamics in rectangular Permalloy platelets by means of time-resolved x-ray photoemission microscopy. 10 nm thick platelets of 16×32μm size were excited by an oscillatory field along the short side of the sample with a fundamental frequency of 500 MHz and considerable contributions of higher harmonics. Under the influence of the oscillatory field, the Néel wall in the initial classical Landau pattern shifts away from the center, corresponding to an induced magnetic moment perpendicular to the exciting field. This phenomenon is explained by a self-trapping effect of the dominating spin-wave mode when the system is excited just below the resonance frequency. The basic driving mechanism is the maximization of entropy.

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  • Received 29 July 2005

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.207201

©2005 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

A. Krasyuk, F. Wegelin, S. A. Nepijko, H. J. Elmers*, and G. Schönhense

  • Institut für Physik, Universität Mainz, D-55128 Mainz, Germany

M. Bolte

  • Institut für Angewandte Physik und Zentrum für Mikrostrukturforschung, Universität Hamburg, Jungiusstrasse 11, Hamburg D-20355, Germany

C. M. Schneider

  • Institut für Festkörperforschung IFF-6, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, D-52425 Jülich, Germany

  • *Electronic address: elmers@uni-mainz.de

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Vol. 95, Iss. 20 — 11 November 2005

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