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Characterization of magnetic nanostructures by magnetic force microscopy
Staňo, Michal ; Vetushka,, Aliaksei (referee) ; Urbánek, Michal (advisor)
The thesis deals with magnetic force microscopy of soft magnetic nanostructures, mainly NiFe nanowires and thin-film elements such as discs. The thesis covers almost all aspects related to this technique - i.e. from preparation of magnetic probes and magnetic nanowires, through the measurement itself to micromagnetic simulations of the investigated samples. We observed the cores of magnetic vortices, tiny objects, both with commercial and our home-coated probes. Even domain walls in nanowires 50 nm in diameter were captured with this technique. We prepared functional probes with various magnetic coatings: hard magnetic Co, CoCr and soft NiFe. Hard probes give better signal, whereas the soft ones are more suitable for the measurement of soft magnetic structures as they do not influence significantly the imaged sample. Our probes are at least comparable with the standard commercial probes. The simulations are in most cases in a good agreement with the measurement and the theory. Further, we present our preliminary results of the probe-sample interaction modelling, which can be exploited for the simulation of magnetic force microscopy image even in the case of probe induced perturbations of the sample.
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Dispersion relation of magnonic crystals with nontrivial spatial distribution of magnetic anisotropy
Wojewoda, Ondřej ; Hamrle,, Jaroslav (referee) ; Flajšman, Lukáš (advisor)
Magnonics is a novel field of research dealing with the physics of spin waves, which are collective excitations of a magnetization. Magnonic crystals, the basic building blocks of magnonic circuits, allow extended control over the spin-wave dispersion. The periodic structure of magnonic crystals results in the formation of a complex band structure with a gap of forbidden frequencies. Periodic structures are conventionally prepared by a local modulation of material thickness or by a step change of saturation magnetization. The presented work deals with the theoretical verification of dispersion relations of magnonic crystals, where the periodicity of the system is achieved by the modulation of the direction of uniaxial magnetic anisotropy and by continuous change of saturation magnetization. For a better insight into the propagation of spin waves in a material with non-homogeneous magnetic properties, a theory describing the refraction and reflection of spin waves at the interface is presented and further verified by numerical simulations.
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Dispersion relation of magnonic crystals with nontrivial spatial distribution of magnetic anisotropy
Wojewoda, Ondřej ; Hamrle,, Jaroslav (referee) ; Flajšman, Lukáš (advisor)
Magnonics is a novel field of research dealing with the physics of spin waves, which are collective excitations of a magnetization. Magnonic crystals, the basic building blocks of magnonic circuits, allow extended control over the spin-wave dispersion. The periodic structure of magnonic crystals results in the formation of a complex band structure with a gap of forbidden frequencies. Periodic structures are conventionally prepared by a local modulation of material thickness or by a step change of saturation magnetization. The presented work deals with the theoretical verification of dispersion relations of magnonic crystals, where the periodicity of the system is achieved by the modulation of the direction of uniaxial magnetic anisotropy and by continuous change of saturation magnetization. For a better insight into the propagation of spin waves in a material with non-homogeneous magnetic properties, a theory describing the refraction and reflection of spin waves at the interface is presented and further verified by numerical simulations.
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Characterization of magnetic nanostructures by magnetic force microscopy
Staňo, Michal ; Vetushka,, Aliaksei (referee) ; Urbánek, Michal (advisor)
The thesis deals with magnetic force microscopy of soft magnetic nanostructures, mainly NiFe nanowires and thin-film elements such as discs. The thesis covers almost all aspects related to this technique - i.e. from preparation of magnetic probes and magnetic nanowires, through the measurement itself to micromagnetic simulations of the investigated samples. We observed the cores of magnetic vortices, tiny objects, both with commercial and our home-coated probes. Even domain walls in nanowires 50 nm in diameter were captured with this technique. We prepared functional probes with various magnetic coatings: hard magnetic Co, CoCr and soft NiFe. Hard probes give better signal, whereas the soft ones are more suitable for the measurement of soft magnetic structures as they do not influence significantly the imaged sample. Our probes are at least comparable with the standard commercial probes. The simulations are in most cases in a good agreement with the measurement and the theory. Further, we present our preliminary results of the probe-sample interaction modelling, which can be exploited for the simulation of magnetic force microscopy image even in the case of probe induced perturbations of the sample.
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