ISSN:
1089-7550
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
The self-consistent domain theory, based on micromagnetic principles, is further developed in order to incorporate all possible solenoidal two-dimensional magnetization distributions in plane-parallel thin-film objects with arbitrary lateral shape. A decomposition of the object into a number of disjunct plane-parallel subregions that completely cover the object's area is put forward. In each subregion, a solenoidal M distribution is defined with the M vector parallel to the subregion's boundary, so that the M distributions in adjacent subregions properly link either via a continuous transition, or via a 180° wall at the intermediate boundary. Two types of subregions are distinguished; namely, the simple connected regions and the so-called parallel regions, being a special type of multiple connected region. In the first category, the basic structures as defined in the preceding paper on this subject are present. The parallel regions are closed ringlike configurations that are built of simpler units—the parallel segments. A parallel segment is a region bounded by two orthogonal trajectories of the same set of straight lines, while two of these straight lines close the segment at either end. No points of intersection of members of this family of lines are found inside the segment. In a specific parallel region, the distance between the orthogonal trajectories is the same for all segments. Adjacent segments in a parallel region are separated by a domain wall which is the locus of centers inside the cross section of the segments of circles that touch at corresponding orthogonal edges of both of the segments involved. A systematic procedure is developed for constructing the parallel subregions, and it is shown that, with this, all possible two-dimensional solenoidal M distributions can be recovered.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.339533
