Effect of domain and grain shapes on the dynamical behavior of polycrystalline ferrites:: Application to the initial permeability -: art. no. 053906

This paper describes a theoretical approach to calculate the permeability tensor of polycrystalline ferrites in various magnetization states, from the completely demagnetized state to saturation. Demagnetizing dynamic fields related to the magnetic domain and grain shapes are introduced in the initial equations to describe the interactions between domains in a grain and between grains. In this paper, we focus on the calculation of the initial permeability of polycrystalline ferrites. Results obtained from the model are compared in a completely demagnetized state to those given by the well-known Schloemann model and to experiments. In all the models given in the literature, an unusually high value of the damping factor must be introduced into the calculations to correctly describe the low-field loss region. Values of the damping factor comparable to those calculated from the measured resonance linewidth of ferrites permit the prediction of the spreading of the magnetic losses as a function of frequency experimentally observed at low bias fields and especially in the demagnetized state. (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics.