By combining magnetic transmission x-ray microscopy with a stroboscopic pump and probe technique using synchrotron radiation we are able to image the magnetization dynamics in micron sized magnetic particles on a sub-100 ps time scale with a lateral spatial resolution down to 21 nm. We report first observations in squared elements indicating locally varying precessional frequencies which are in agreement with micromagnetic simulations. The experiment opens a route towards a high spatiotemporal resolution of spin patterns which is needed to understand the microscopic origin of magnetization reversal of micron sized and nano-sized magnetic particles.
Magnetic pinning in thin films seems to be a major research subject in the near future, as it is involved in all switching processes which include a movement of a domain wall or a magnetic vortex. We used Lorentz transmission electron microscopy and vortex pinning at artificial pinning sites to investigate the pinning behavior of magnetic vortices for the first time with high spatial resolution.
Micron-sized ferromagnetic permalloy disks having an in-plane vortexlike configuration are excited by a fast-rise-time magnetic-field pulse perpendicular to the plane. The excited modes are imaged using timeresolved magneto-optic Kerr microscopy and Fourier transformation. Two types of modes are observed: modes with circular nodes and modes with diametric nodes. The frequency of the modes with circular nodes increases with the number of nodes. In contrast, the frequency of the modes with diametric nodes decreases with the number of nodes. This behavior is explained accurately by an analytical model.
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