Cellular magnetic domains in Fe-Ga alloys
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-20-2020
Department
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Abstract
© 2020 Author(s). A peculiar magnetic domain pattern (so-called cellular domain structure) was recently observed in Fe-Ga alloys, which was claimed to be responsible for desirable hysteresis-free and isotropic magnetization behaviors and to be associated with the reported non-Joulian magnetism [H. D. Chopra and M. Wuttig, Nature 521, 340 (2015)]. So far, such cellular domain phenomenon is observed only in Fe-Ga single crystal specimens of thin disk shape and with special thermal history. In this Letter, we report that the cellular domain structure is also observed in as-cast polycrystalline Fe-Ga alloys that are simply synthesized by arc-melting without special thermal treatment. For comparison, the cellular domains observed in an Fe-Ga single crystal specimen of rectangular prism shape are also presented. The cellular domain structure is discussed in light of a surface domain phenomenon and is found to be well interpreted by the Stephan model [Von W. Stephan, Exp. Tech. Phys. 4, 153 (1956)] based on classical domain theory, contrary to the Chopra-Wuttig model relying on the hypothesized charge density wave theory.
Publication Title
Applied Physics Letters
Recommended Citation
Tianen, M.,
Seguin, D.,
Wang, Y. U.,
&
Jin, Y. M.
(2020).
Cellular magnetic domains in Fe-Ga alloys.
Applied Physics Letters,
117(3).
http://doi.org/10.1063/5.0010179
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