Dynamics of closure domain structure in bistable ferromagnetic microwire

Abstract Dynamics of closure domain structure in bistable glass-coated Fe 77.5 B 15 Si 7.5 amorphous ferromagnetic microwire was studied experimentally and theoretically. A new experiment for this study was proposed. The basic idea of this consisted in checking whether a well-defined rectangular magnetic field pulse applied to the microwire end can produce a stable and free domain wall in the microwire. A theoretical model previously used for describing the wall depinning process from the wire end was adapted for interpretation of our experimental results. Information about parameters of the potential well in which the wall is initially trapped as well as about wall dynamics was obtained. Values of these parameters are in good agreement with those obtained from different types of experiments.