Abstract
We prepared weak-field annealed amorphous samples in the open air and present the change of giant-magnetoimpedance (GMI) profiles as functions of annealing field, Ha. The profile for 0.1 MHz measuring frequency shows two typical peaks in the sample annealed in a field of Ha < 50 mOe. Increasing Ha to 500 mOe, the GMI peak in the region where the applied field is antiparallel to the annealing field decreases with Ha, showing an asymmetric GMI profile. As the annealing field increases over 500 mOe, GMI in the antiparallel field region disappears and a GMI-valve in the parallel field region is revealed due to the exchange coupling of domains in the amorphous core with the unidirectional anisotropy field in a crystalline layer. However, in the sample with Ha of 15 Oe, the GMI peak in the antiparallel region is observable again.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 488-491 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials |
Volume | 215 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2 Jun 2000 |
Event | 14th International Symposium on Soft Magnetic Materials (SMM14) - Balatonfured, Hung Duration: 8 Sep 1999 → 10 Sep 1999 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the Korea Research Foundation under Grant No. 1999-015-DP0139.