Fluxmetric-magnetooptical approach to broadband energy losses in amorphous ribbons

Abstract

The magnetization process in field annealed amorphous ribbons has been investigated from dc to 10 MHz. Loss and permeability measurements, carried out both on single strips and ring samples by means of a broadband fluxmetric setup, have been associated with observations of the domain wall dynamics by high-speed stroboscopic Kerr apparatus. Transverse anisotropy Co-based ribbons exhibit a combination of rotational and domain wall processes, the latter being observed to progressively damp with frequency and coming to a halt on approaching the megahertz range. Given the vanishing direct contribution of the domain walls to the high-frequency magnetization process, the so-called classical loss formulation, associated with the rotational magnetization processes, is expected to correspondingly hold for the energy loss W(f). Under these conditions, W(f) tends to increase linearly with f, which, in view of the expected surge of the skin effect, does not agree with the f1/2 behavior accordingly predicted by standard formulas. This points to the specific properties of the rotational process and the role played by the exchange torque in connection with incomplete flux penetration.