ISSN:
1063-7834
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract Surface magnetoelastic Love waves and nonuniform distributions of the magnetization and elastic strains are investigated in a uniaxial ferromagnetic film on a massive nonmagnetic substrate in a tangential external magnetic field. A new inhomogeneous phase is predicted having spatial modulation of the order parameter, arising from magnetostrictive coupling of the magnetization with lattice strains near the interface of the magnetoelastic and elastic media. It is shown that, at some critical magnetic field H c, different from the orientational transition field in an isolated sample, a magnetoelastic Love wave propagating parallel to the magnetization vector in the film plane becomes unstable. The frequency and group velocity of the wave vanish at wave number k=k c≠0 and the wave freezes, forming a domain structure localized in the film and adjoining substrate.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/1.1130833
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