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AM: Magnetismus

AM 13: Postersitzung: Dünne Schichten (1–22), Magnetowiderstand (23–40), Phasenübergänge (41–55), Mikromagnetismus (56–68), Spektroskopie (69–77), Nanokristalline Materialien (78–82), Anisotropie (83–86), Schmelzen (87–90), Weitere Bereiche (91–100)

AM 13.56: Poster

Tuesday, March 28, 2000, 16:00–20:00, A

Geometrically constrained magnetic wall — •Patrick Bruno — Max-Planck-Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik, Halle

The structure and properties of a geometrically constrained magnetic wall in a constriction separating two wider regions are studied theoretically. They are shown to differ considerably from those of an unconstrained wall, sothat the geometrically constrained magnetic wall truly constitutes a new kind of magnetic wall, besides the well known Bloch and Néel walls. In particular, the width of a constrained wall can become very small if the characteristic length of the constriction is small, as is actually the case in an atomic point contact. This provides a simple, natural explanation for the large magnetoresistance observed in ferromagnetic atomic point contacts.