Domain Wall Orientations in Silicon-Iron Crystals
- 1 August 1957
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 28 (8) , 888-891
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1722881
Abstract
The stable orientation of a 180° ferromagnetic domain wall in a cubic crystal with easy directions is calculated as a function of crystal orientation for a sheet specimen with a direction parallel to the surface. The effect of the second crystal anisotropy constant K2 on the domain wall energy is considered and shown to be negligible if |K2| <K1. If the crystal surface is a {110} plane, there are two equivalent stable domain wall positions, with the wall making an angle of ±32° with the normal to the specimen surface. If the crystal surface is a {100} plane, the domain wall lies normal to the surface. These results are changed if a stress is applied to the sample. Experimentally determined domain wall orientations agree with the calculated positions.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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