Abstract
The magnetization reversal process has been studied in amorphous magnetic films patterned with ordered arrays of antidots in the diluted limit (i.e., with small enough antidot density so that the original film anisotropy is maintained and the flux closure structures around each dot are independent from each other). The role of the material parameters in the final behavior has been analyzed comparing the results on films made of two different Co-based amorphous alloys, CoxSi1−x and CoyZr1−y, that present a similar intrinsic uniaxial anisotropy but have a different saturation magnetization. The patterned holes are found to act as weak pinning centers for the motion of the Néel walls involved in the reversal process which results in an enhancement of coercivity in certain angular ranges. However, they are only effective in the material with the lower saturation magnetization (CoxSi1−x) which can be related with the different relative sizes of the patterned holes and the Néel walls in each case.
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