Motion and Interaction of Magnetic Dislocations in Alternating Magnetic Field

• Published in: Scientific reports 2017-12, Vol.7 (1), p.18084-18084, Article 18084
• Main Authors: Pamyatnykh, L. A., Filippov, B. N., Agafonov, L. Y., Lysov, M. S.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: 639/766/119/2793; 639/766/119/997; Drift; Humanities and Social Sciences; Magnetic fields; Magnetism; multidisciplinary; Nucleation; Science; Science (multidisciplinary)
• ISSN: 2045-2322; 2045-2322
• DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-18033-2

The behavior of magnetic dislocations (MDs) in an alternating harmonic magnetic field in iron garnets has been experimentally investigated. The results are presented for single-crystal plates in which the drift of domain walls is observed in fields of sound frequencies. It is found that MDs in a stripe domain structure are able to move not only along but also across domain walls. A pairwise interaction between magnetic dislocations when they approach each other to distances on the order of the sizes of the cores of MDs is revealed. The processes of the annihilation, mutual passing of magnetic dislocations through each other and overtaking are found. The features of the dynamic behavior of MDs are explained using a mechanism based on the presence of vertical Bloch lines in a structure of domain walls. MDs are formed at nucleation centers, and their nucleation field is lower than the drift-starting field, which corresponds to previously proposed dislocational mechanism of the drift. The dependencies of quantitative parameters of the drift and MDs on amplitude and frequency of the pumping field are determined. The behavior of MDs should be considered when analyzing the mechanisms for magnetization and temperature-dependent phase transitions in magnetic layers.