Direct observation of giant Barkhausen jumps in magnetic microwires

摘要

Magnetization reversal induced by a circular magnetic field has been studied using the magneto-optical Kerr effect in magnetic microwires. The visualization of the classical effect of a giant Barkhausen jump is reported in a magnetic microwire. It was directly confirmed that the surface giant Barkhausen jump consists of the nucleation of a single circular domain followed by the long distance quick motion of the solitary circular domain walls.