Magnetization reversal process and nonlinear magneto-impedance in Cu/NiFe and Nb/NiFe composite wires

The magnetization reversal of Cu/NiFe and Nb/NiFe composite wires carrying AC current is studied. The frequency spectrum of a voltage induced in a pick-up coil wound around the wire is analyzed. The frequency spectrum is shown to consist of even harmonics within a wide range of AC current amplitudes and longitudinal DC magnetic fields. The strong dependencies of the harmonic amplitudes on the DC field are found. The results obtained may be of importance for the design of weak magnetic field sensors.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures, publishe

Modeling of asymmetric giant magnetoimpedance in amorphous ribbons with a surface crystalline layer

A model describing the asymmetric giant magnetoimpedance (GMI) in field-annealed amorphous ribbons is proposed. It is assumed that the ribbon consists of an inner amorphous core and surface hard magnetic crystalline layers. The model is based on a simultaneous solution of linearizied Maxwell equations and Landau-Lifshitz equation. The coupling between the surface layers and the amorphous core is described in terms of an effective bias field. Analytical expressions for the frequency and field dependences of the ribbon impedance are found. The calculated dependences are in a qualitative agreement with results of experimental studies of the high-frequency asymmetric giant GMI in field-annealed amorphous ribbons.Comment: 13 pages, 3 figure

The effect of stripe domain structure on dynamic permeability of thin ferromagnetic films with out-of-plane uniaxial anisotropy

The permeability is calculated for a thin ferromagnetic film with the stripe domain structure and out-of-plane uniaxial magnetic anisotropy. Analytical expressions for the frequency dependence of components of permeability tensor are derived with the use of the Smit-Beljers method, with the thickness of domain walls and the domain wall motion being neglected. The effect of the domain width and the angle between the anisotropy axis and the film plane on the frequency dependence of the permeability is analyzed. General equations relating the static permeability components and the ferromagnetic resonance frequencies are found. The results of the approach are applied to the derivation of the constraint for the microwave permeability of thin ferromagnetic films. The analysis of the constraint as a function of the axis deviation angle, the domain aspect ratio and the damping parameter allows the conditions to be found for maximal microwave permeability. The results obtained may be useful in connection with the problem of developing high-permeable microwave magnetic materials.Comment: 22 pages, 6 figure

Current distribution and giant magnetoimpedance in composite wires with helical magnetic anisotropy

The giant magnetoimpedance effect in composite wires consising of a non-magnetic inner core and soft magnetic shell is studied theoretically. It is assumed that the magnetic shell has a helical anisotropy. The current and field distributions in the composite wire are found by means of a simultaneous solution of Maxwell equations and the Landau-Lifshitz equation. The expressions for the diagonal and off-diagonal impedance are obtained for low and high frequencies. The dependences of the impedance on the anisotropy axis angle and the shell thickness are analyzed. Maximum field sensitivity is shown to correspond to the case of the circular anisotropy in the magnetic shell. It is demonstrated that the optimum shell thickness to obtain maximum impedance ratio is equal to the effective skin depth in the mahnetic material.Comment: 23 pages, 7 figure

Giant magnetoimpedance in composite wires with insulator layer between non-magnetic core and soft magnetic shell

10.1016/j.jmmm.2005.10.149Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials3001e63-e66JMMM