Domain wall creep in an Ising ultrathin magnetic film

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作者
Lemerle, S
Ferre, J
Chappert, C
Mathet, V
Giamarchi, T
Le Doussal, P
机构
[1] Univ Paris 11, Phys Solides Lab, CNRS, URA 02, F-91405 Orsay, France
[2] Univ Paris 11, Inst Elect Fondamentale, CNRS, URA 022, F-91405 Orsay, France
[3] LPTENS, CNRS, F-75230 Paris, France
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.849
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O4 [物理学];
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We have studied the motion of a magnetic domain wall (MDW) driven by a magnetic field H in a 2D ultrathin Pt/Co/Pt film showing perpendicular anisotropy and quenched disorder. MDW velocity measurements down to the so called creep regime show that the average energy barrier scales as (1/H)(mu) with mu = 0.24 +/- 0.04 and that the correlation function along a MDW is governed by a wandering exponent zeta = 0.69 +/- 0.07, in very good agreement with theories giving mu = 0.25 and zeta = 2/3. This is the first direct measurement of the creep regime for a moving interface in a disordered medium.
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