title: Dynamics of magnetic domain wall motion after nucleation: dependence on the wall energy.
abstract: The dynamics of magnetic domain wall motion in the FeNi layer of a FeNi/Al2O3/Co trilayer has been investigated by a combination of x-ray magnetic circular dichroism, photoelectron emission microscopy, and a stroboscopic pump-probe technique. The nucleation of domains and subsequent expansion by domain wall motion in the FeNi layer during nanosecond-long magnetic field pulses was observed in the viscous regime up to the Walker limit field. We attribute an observed delay of domain expansion to the influence of the domain wall energy that acts against the domain expansion and that plays an important role when domains are small.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Experimentalphysik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, D-14195 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukumoto
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kuch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vogel
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Romanens
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pizzini
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Camarero
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bonfim
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kirschner