• Current Applied Physics
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• 제18권11호
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• pp.1185-1189
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• 2018

Thickness-dependent magnetic domain structure of ultrathin Co wedge films (0.3 nm-1.0 nm) sandwiched by Pt layers was investigated by scanning transmission x-ray microscopy (STXM) employing X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD), utilizing elliptically polarized soft x-rays and electromagnetic fields, with a spatial resolution of 50 nm. The magnetic domain images measured at the Co $L_3$ edge showed the evolution of the magnetic domain structures from maze-like form to the bubble-like form as the perpendicular magnetic field was applied. The asymmetric domain expansion of a 500 nm-scale bubble domain was also measured when the in-plane and perpendicular external magnetic field were applied simultaneously.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.35-40
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• 2017

기존의 광학현미경을 분해 하여 Kerr 현미경을 구성한 다음, 180도 자벽을 가지는 극박 3 %Si-Fe에 대해 자구모양을 관찰하였다. CCD 카메라로 취득한 한 단 한 장의 디지털 자구모양으로부터 자구영역의 경계선을 고가의 고속 영상처리장치 없이 결정하였다. 자구모양의 경계선 결정 방법은 디지털 자구모양의 픽셀값을 감산, 적분, 최소자승법의 연산을 이용하는 것이다. 이 방법은 많은 디지털 이미지를 연속적으로 취득하여 다중 합산하는 종래의 방식보다는 비용이 적게 든다. 이 연구 결과로부터 3개의 경계선과 0.085[T]의 자속밀도가 구해져 시편의 중심부와 같이 $180^{\circ}$ 자벽 만이 형성되는 영역이라면 이 방법을 적용할 수 있다.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.128-129
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• 2018

Soft ferromagnetic materials are utilized for various electromagnetic devices such as magnetic recording heads and magnetic shielding. In situ observation of magnetic microstructures and domain wall motions are prerequisite for understanding and improving their magnetic properties. In this work, by the Fresnel (out-of-focus) method of Lorentz microscopy, we observe the domain wall motions of polycrystalline Ni/Ti thin film layers triggered by single-shot laser pulse. Random motions of domain walls were visualized at every single pulse.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.83-86
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• 2006

Controlling magnetic domains in soft underlayer (SUL) of perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) is an important issue for the application of PMR in HDD. We studied the magnetic domain structures in SUL using the finite element based micromagnetic simulation (FEMM) for the SUL models with different thicknesses. The purpose is to simulate the magnetic domain wall noise when the SUL thickness and saturation magnetization are changed. The simulation results show that a 15 nm SUL forms simpler Neel wall domain wall pattern and 40 nm SUL forms complex Bloch wall. To visualize the effect of these domain walls stray field at a read sensor position, the magnetic stray field of the domain walls at air bearing surface (ABS) which is 50 nm above the SUL was simulated and the results imply that Bloch walls have stronger stray field with more complicated field patterns than Neel walls and this becomes a significant noise source. Therefore, the thickness of the SUL should be controlled to avoid the formation of Bloch walls.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2010

강자성 나노선에 형성된 자벽의 자기적 특성을 연구하기 위해 미세 자기 동역학을 이용하여 열적 자기 잡음에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 열적 요동에 의한 자기 잡음 연구는 자성체의 중요한 물리량인 자화율이나 자기 공명 주파수와 같은 물리적 특성에 대한 정보를 제공해 주며, 이는 스핀 동역학의 연구에 있어서 중요한 역할을 한다. 본 연구는 강자성 나노선에서의 자기 구조가 단일 자구를 형성하고 있는 경우와 두 개의 자구 사이에 자벽이 있는 경우에 대해서 열적 자기 잡음을 분석하였다. 그 중 단일 자구일 경우에 열적 요동에 의한 공명 주파수는 완전한 타원체 모형에서 탈자기화 상수를 고려한 Kittel 방정식으로 매우 잘 설명됨을 확인하였고, 자벽이 존재하는 경우에는 단일 자구에 의한 공명 주파수 이외에 추가된 공명주파수를 확인 할 수 있었다. 국소적인 분석을 통해 앞에서 언급한 추가 공명 주파수는 자벽에서 발생하며 단일 자구에 의한 공명 주파수에 비해서 낮은 주파수를 가짐을 확인하였다.

• 한국소성가공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소성가공학회 2008년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.305-308
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• 2008

In this paper, the magnetic domain states and recordability of the molded magnetic nanopillars were examined and analyzed by magnetic force microscopy (MFM) measurement. We focused on the some of the technical issues for MFM measurement regarding the lift height and geometry of the MFM tip. The effects of MFM tip shape and lift height on the MFM resolution were analyzed. Finally, we showed that the magnetic film on each molded nanopillars has a single magnetic domain state.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2015년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.681-684
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• 2015

자성체의 자화는 자성물리의 기본 물리량으로 자성체 응용에 많은 정보를 제공한다. 광자기효과를 이용하는 자구관찰 장치에서 최초로 얻어지는 자화패턴 만으로는 자성체의 자화상태를 확인할 수 없다. 따라서 자구패턴을 시각화하기 위해 다수의 패턴을 획득하여 연산을 통해 자구패턴을 시각화하였다. 자화패턴을 8비트 디지털 카메라로 취득하였고 이를 컴퓨터로 화상 연산처리를 하였다. 연상방법은 자성체를 포화시켜 픽셀값을 최대 255값에 가깝게 하여 취득한 영상으로부터 어떤 자화상태의 자화영상의 픽셀값을 반복적으로 감산하는 것이다. 감산 연산이 진행됨에 따라 선명한 자구패턴이 얻어졌다. 연산 프로그램은 범용의 LABVIEW를 이용하였고 자구관찰장치는 편광자를 가지는 광학현미경을 이용하였다.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.242-244
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• 2012

We report on the basis of experiments that magnetic domain structures exhibit a transition between single and dendrite domains with respect to the width of ferromagnetic nanowires. This transition is directly observed in CoFe/Pt multilayered nanowires having a width in the range of 580 nm to 4.2 ${\mu}m$ with a magnetic force microscope. Nanowires wider than 1.5 ${\mu}m$ show typical dendrite domain patterns, whereas the nanowires narrower than 690 nm exhibit single domain patterns. The transition occurs gradually between these widths, which are similar to the typical widths of the dendrite domains. Such a transition affects the strength of the domain wall propagation field; this finding was made by using a time-resolved magneto-optical Kerr effect microscope, and shows that the domain wall dynamics also exhibit a transition in accordance with the domain configuration.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.94-100
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• 2004

We have investigated the magnetic domain structure and the thermal stability of magnetotransport properties of IrMn biased spin-valves containing Co, CoFe and NiFe. The magnetic domain structures were imaged using a magneto-optical indicator film(MOIF) technique. To investigate the thermal stability, magnetoresistance(MR) was measured at annealing temperature(TANN) and room temperature($T_{RT}$) followed by the annealing. Domain imaging reveal that the increase of annealing temperature led to changes in the exchange coupling between the two ferromagnet(FM) layers through nonmagnetic layer rather than between FM and antiferromagnet. unlike the NiFe biased IrMn spin valve with large domains, MOIF pictures of Co and CoFe biased IrMn spin valve structures show the formation of many small microdomains. The magnetic structure, as revealed by the domain images, appeared unchanged while the MR dropped dramatically. From the combined giant magnetoresistance(GMR) and MOIF results, it was apparent that the decrease of MR ratio was not related to the spin valve magnetic structure up to about $350^{\circ}C$($T_{RT}$ ).

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.99-102
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• 2010

We present the fractal properties of the magnetic domain walls in $(5-{\AA}\;Co_{90}Fe_{10}/10-{\AA}\;Pt)_n$ multilayer films with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy for the number of repeats n (1 to 5). In these films, the magnetization reversed due to the domain wall propagation throughout the films with rare nucleations. As n increased, it was observed that the jaggedness of the domain walls increased noticeably, which is possibly due to the accumulation of irregularities at the layer interfaces. The jaggedness of the domain walls was analyzed in terms of the fractal dimension by use of the ruler method, and it was revealed that the fractal dimension significantly changed from $1.0{\pm}0.002$ to $1.3{\pm}0.05$ as n increased from 1 to 5.