Effect of Laser Annealing on Permeability Spectra in Co-based Amorphous Ribbon

We investigated the variation of permeability spectra and relaxation frequency in Co-based amorphous ribbon annealed by pulsed Nd:YAG laser at various annealing energy E_a. The complex permeability spectra varies sensitively with the annealing energy, where the spectra could be decomposed into two contributions from domain wall motion,μdw.(f) and rotational magnetization μrot(f) by analyzing the measured spectra as a function of driving ac field amplitude. The magnitude of μdw(f) and μrot(f) in dc limit shows maximum at E_a = 176 mJ. The maximum relaxation frequency for rotational magnetization, determined by μ"(f) curve, is about 700 kHz at Ea=62 mJ but that for wall motion is about 26 kHz at 230 mJ. These variations reflect the increase of magnetic softness and microstructural change by the annealing.