Isolation of Rotational Reversal in Ferromagnetic Films

Abstract

Quantitative data are presented which show the relative contributions of wall motion and domain rotation to the magnetization reversal process in thin ferromagnetic films for driving fields ranging from the coercivity to many times the anisotropy field. Also, an equation for the total magnetization reversal time is developed. This expression consists of two distinct components: one represents wall motion reversal time and the other reversal time due to domain rotation. The equation is similar to one published previously but contains a more realistic and more suitable wall nucleation distribution function.