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Angular first-order reversal curves: an advanced method to extract magnetization reversal mechanisms and quantify
M P Proenca1, J Ventura, C T Sousa
1IFIMUP and IN-Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and Departamento de Física e Astronomia, Universidade de Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 687, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal.
Abstract:
The magnetic properties of ordered hexagonal arrays of Co nanowires (NWs) and nanotubes (NTs) with diameters of 50 nm and interwire/tube distances of 105 nm were studied using first-order reversal curves (FORCs). We report an advanced analysis of angle dependent first-order reversal curves (AFORCs), measured by changing the angle of the applied magnetic field from θ = 0° (parallel to the wire/tube axis) to 90° (perpendicular). This method allowed us to determine the magnetization reversal mode and to retrieve quantitative information on the magnetostatic interactions between NWs and between NTs. In particular, we found a sharp increase in the coercivity distribution of the NT arrays for θ > 70°, which is attributed to a transition between vortex and transverse reversal modes. Local magnetic interactions are found to prevail in the Co NT arrays, steadily increasing from θ = 0° to 90°. However, in the Co NW arrays the mean magnetic interactions decrease as θ increases, going from ones similar to local interactions to ones smaller than them.
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