Effect of the domain structure on ferromagnetic resonance in easy-axis ferromagnets

Abstract

The results of experimental and theoretical investigations of ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) in ferrite single crystals having hexagonal structure and magnetocrystalline anisotropy of the easy-axis type are reported. Experiments are carried out on disk-shaped samples of materials differing in anisotropy strength. The values of the effective anisotropy fields and the gyromagnetic ratios (g-factors) of the materials are determined from measured frequency dependences of the FMR field along the easy and hard magnetization directions for homogeneously magnetized samples. It is shown that if the FMR spectra are also measured for the same samples in the presence of a domain structure, then one can experimentally determine not only the above-mentioned parameters but also the saturation magnetization of uniaxial magnetic materials. It is shown that the theory of the FMR frequency spectrum of a partially magnetized sample with a simple domain structure in the form of a system of plane-parallel layers is in good agreement with the experiment.