Observations and Properties of a New Domain: Hollow Bubble

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Abstract
A new type of domain structure, a hollow bubble or ring domain, has been studied. Calculations with zero Bloch‐wall pinning force show that these ring domains can exist in platelets of uniaxial materials within a narrow region of the magnetic field normal to the platelet. Within this region the dimensions of the ring change enormously; they can be changed by a factor 2 by a field variation, which is about 100 times less than the variation needed to change the bubble radius by the same amount. We observed that the presence of a pinning force strongly influences the field region for stable ring domains and their behavior under a varying magnetic field. For a high‐coercivity sample an experiment is reported, in which each cycle H1‐H2‐H1 of a varying magnetic field normal to the platelet diminishes the size of a ring. This experiment is in some sense the microscopic analogy to the ``bascule'' and ``reptation'' described by L. Néel.

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