Domain-wall scattering in epitaxial FePd ordered alloy films with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy
- 1 February 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 59 (6) , 4322-4326
Abstract
Domain-wall scattering in a FePd-ordered alloy film with strong perpendicular magnetic anisotropy has been investigated using magnetoresistance measurements on a whole hysteresis loop and as a function of temperature. A strong correlation between the hysteretic behavior of the resistivity due to domain walls and the magnetization process is found. The data are well described by a spin-dependent electron scattering model. This study establishes that this phenomenon can be used to identify directly magnetization reversal dynamics and electronic transport characteristics in materials with high magnetic anisotropy.Keywords
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