Visualization of the Barkhausen effect by magnetic force microscopy

By visualization of the Barkhausen effect using magnetic force microscopy we are able to provide detailed information about the physical principles that govern the magnetization reversal of a granular ferromagnetic thin film with perpendicular anisotropy. Individual Barkhausen volumes are localized and distinguished as either newly nucleated or grown by domain wall propagation. The Gaussian size distribution of nucleated Barkhausen volumes indicates an uncorrelated random process, while grown Barkhausen volumes exhibit an inverse power law distribution, which points towards a critical behavior during domain wall motion.     

Magnetic Barkhausen noise measurement by resonant coil method

This paper describes a powerful new technique for nondestructive evaluation of ferromagnetic material. A method has been developed for measuring magnetic Barkhausen signals under different coil resonance frequencies. The measurements allow one to establish the behavior relating the power spectral density maximum and the resonant coil frequency. Time-frequency analysis of Barkhausen signals puts in evidence the tuning regions for each coil, and allows clear identification of each contribution to the Barkhausen signal spectrum. This concept was used in order to evaluate the relation between the degree of plastic deformation in carbon steel samples, and the power spectral density maximum at different resonance frequencies. This result also makes it possible to the selectively modify measurement sensibility to the magnetic Barkhausen signal by using different resonance frequencies.     

Optical and magnetic resonance spectroscopy of stimulated recombination processes in defect studies

Optical and magnetic resonance spectroscopy is widely used in the investigation of radiation-induced processes in wide-gap solids. This paper discusses the present understanding of applications of the experimental methods of optical and thermoactivation spectroscopy in the research of new materials, for applications in radiation dosimetry and digital imaging and in the basic research into the fundamental physics and chemistry of radiation. The advantages of the simultaneous use of optical and magnetic resonance techniques for the investigation of stimulated processes are considered.     

Die Temperaturabhängigkeit des magnetischen Barkhausen-Effekts IV

The size distribution of Barkhausen discontinuities (magnetic moment > 6.5 · 10^?7 cgs) of very pure nickel was measured between ?195 and 360 °C on the hysteresis loop. The mean value of internal stresses was changed in a well defined manner by stretching the specimens. For different stress values the variation with temperature of the following properties is given in diagrams: The specific number and the “mean volume”² of discontinuities, the maximal value of Barkhausen susceptibility, the mean deviation of the volume of discontinuities along the hysteresis curve, and some characteristic field strengths defined by reversible and irreversible processes. Conclusions are drawn concerning the coupling of individual wall movements composing a Barkhausen jump.     

Barkhausen effect in magnetic thin films: General behaviour and stationarity along the hysteresis loop

Several aspects of the Barkhausen effect can be investigated by using a measurement equipment that records the Barkhausen signal as a function of time in digital form on computer tape. Measurements on thin magnetic films containing a small number of domain walls are presented. The behaviour of the wall jumps during a reversal is investigated. During the steep part of the loop the stationarity of the signal is measured with the magnetic field as a parameter. The influence of the coercive fieldH _c and the thicknessd _m is considered and compared with results obtained by others on bulk samples.     

Effect of the length of action of a steady electric field on the polarization buildup process in triglycene sulfate and barium titanate single crystals

During the investigation of the Barkhausen effect and the reversal current [1] in ferroelectric crystals, it was observed that, together with other factors, the length of time during which the specimens had been kept in a steady electric field has a substantial effect on the polarization reversal process. In this connection, it is of interest to investigate parallely the Barkhausen effect and the reversal current in ferroelectric crystals at various lengths of action of the electric field. In this paper we have investigated the number of Barkhausen jumps, the charge being reversed, the buildup time of the total and irreversible polarization, as well as the starting field for jumps and reversal current as a function of the length of action of the field on specimens of TGS and BaTiO₃ single crystals during the quasistatic polarization reversal process.     

Polarization switching of triglycine sulfate and deuterated triglycine sulfate single crystals irradiated with a high-current pulsed electron beam

The influence of high-current pulsed electron beams on the processes of polarization switching in triglycine sulfate and deuterated triglycine sulfate single crystals is investigated using the Barkhausen effect.     

Stress response of Barkhausen noise in a tempered C-Mn steel

The dependence of Barkhausen noise on tensile stress is measured in a high strength vanadium microalloyed C-Mn steel after tempering at 200, 400, 500, 600 and 650°C. Simultaneously, the coercive force and two field parameters related to the magnetic reversal curve are recorded for some of the specimens tempered at 500, 600 and 650°C. Tempering causes a maximum in Barkhausen noise vs. stress curve and minima in the field strength vs. stress curves. An increase in the impedimental force due to stress gradients experienced by domain walls is suggested as the cause of the maximum. Stress gradients with short “wavelenghts” are thought to be produced in lath-or plate-like martensitic/bainitic structures. The effect appears in the course of tempering, as recovery processes reduce the dislocation density, and vanishes as recrystallization leads to an almost complete elimination of these dislocations.     

Stability of the single-domain state in single crystals of triglycine sulphate

The stability of the single-domain state in single crystals of triglycine sulfate is investigated using the Barkhausen effect. Barkhausen jumps are detected upon invariable macroscopic polarization. The parameters of the observed Barkhausen jumps are estimated and compared.     

Investigation of the dependence of Barkhausen noise on stress and the angle between the stress and magnetization directions

The dependence of Barkhausen noise amplitude on stress, and on the angle between the stress and magnetization directions, has been investigated in specimens of AISI/SAE 4340, HY-80 and ASTM A-36 steels. In all three materials it was found that the Barkhausen noise amplitude measured with the magnetic field applied at 60° to the stress axis is independent of stress. This result is compared with the theory of elasticity which indicates that under a uniaxial or a pure bending stress, the normal component of a strain in steel is zero along the direction approximately 61° from the direction of the applied stress. It was also found that the Barkhausen noise follows the same angle dependence as that of the normal strain. These findings strongly indicate that the Barkhausen noise amplitude is directly dependent on the normal strain along the direction of the magnetization and not on the shearing strain. An explanation for such a direct normal strain dependence is given based on magnetoelastic energy. Possible application of this finding to quantitative nondestructive stress measurements is also discussed.     

Single-shot subpixel response measurement with an aperture array pixel mask

We first point out that the subpixel response function is another kernel function in digital imaging. Then we show that the subpixel response function of CMOS imaging sensor pixels can be measured with an aperture array pixel mask in a single-shot image capture. Our technique permits high-resolution subpixel response function measurement of imaging pixels for superresolution imaging applications.     

Direct observation of Barkhausen avalanche in Co thin films

We report direct full-field magneto-optical observations of Barkhausen avalanches in Co polycrystalline thin films at criticality. We provide experimental evidence for the validity of a phenomenological model of the Barkhausen avalanche originally proposed by Cizeau, Zapperi, Durin, and Stanley [Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 4669 (1997)]], where the model describes a 180 degrees -type flexible domain wall deformed by a localized defect with consideration of long-range dipolar interaction. The Barkhausen jump areas show a power-law scaling distribution with critical exponent tau approximately 1.33 for all the samples having different thickness from 5 to 50 nm, which is in accord with the two-dimensional prediction of the model.     

金属催化制备石墨烯的研究进展

石墨烯作为一种新兴的碳素材料,从一出现就引起了众多学者的关注.石墨烯具有许多新奇的特性,使得石墨烯在光电领域及微电子工业等有极大的应用潜力.但是目前难以实现大尺寸、高质量、宏量石墨烯的可控制备,限制了石墨烯的广泛应用.本文分析了各种石墨烯制备方法的利弊,重点从层数控制及大面积制备等方面对金属催化法进行了阐述,固态碳源金属催化法可以实现宏量制备大尺寸、高质量、薄且均匀的石墨烯.综述了金属催化制备石墨烯的相关机理研究,指出了目前研究的局限,并对石墨烯相变机理的下一步研究方向进行了展望.     

Application of the group pulse processes in the theory of Barkhausen noise

In the paper the 2nd-order periodic group pulse process is considered a statistical model of the Barkhausen voltage. Using this model an analytical formula for the power spectrum is derived and further specified to fit the measured spectrograms of Barkhausen noise. The results are interpreted with respect to the generating physical mechanism and examples of several numerical values are given.     

Evaluation of surface decarburization depth by magnetic Barkhausen noise technique

Industrially unfavorable process of steel surface decarburization was induced by annealing in air. Two methods of after-anneal surface treatment were used: an acid pickling and a sand blasting. The obtained decarburized layers were examined by optical microscope, wave dispersive spectrometer, and surface X-ray diffraction method. Magnetic Barkhausen noise technique was tested for applicability of non-destructive characterization of the decarburized layer depth. A newly introduced parameter, Barkhausen noise coercivity, was proposed for practical use due to its sensitivity to decarburization and stability to measurement conditions. Other magnetic parameters, e.g. number of Barkhausen noise counts, were found to be sensitive to the compressive residual stress caused by the sand blasting.     

Average shape of a fluctuation: universality in excursions of stochastic processes

We study the average shape of a fluctuation of a time series x(t), which is the average value (T) before x(t) first returns at time T to its initial value x(0). For large classes of stochastic processes, we find that a scaling law of the form (T) = T(alpha)f(t/T) is obeyed. The scaling function f(s) is, to a large extent, independent of the details of the single increment distribution, while it encodes relevant statistical information on the presence and nature of temporal correlations in the process. We discuss the relevance of these results for Barkhausen noise in magnetic systems.     

Scaling exponents for barkhausen avalanches in polycrystalline and amorphous ferromagnets

We investigate the scaling properties of the Barkhausen effect by recording the noise in several soft ferromagnetic materials: polycrystals with different grain sizes and amorphous alloys. We measure the Barkhausen avalanche distributions and determine the scaling exponents. In the limit of vanishing external field rate, we can group the samples in two distinct classes, characterized by exponents tau = 1.50+/-0.05 or tau = 1.27+/-0.03, for the avalanche size distributions. We interpret these results in terms of the depinning transition of domain walls and obtain an expression relating the cutoff of the distributions to the demagnetizing factor which is in quantitative agreement with experiments.     

Der Elektromagnetische Aspekt der Magnetomechanischen Erscheinung in Gleich und im Monoalternant Pulsierenden Magnetfeld

The electromotive tension induced by Barkhausen discontinuities is studied. These Barkhausen discontinuities are excited by periodic mechanical stress in a d-c and a mono-alternating pulse magnetic field.     

Magnetic Barkhausen emission in lightly deformed AISI 1070 steel

The Magnetic Barkhausen Noise (MBN) technique can evaluate both micro- and macro-residual stresses, and provides indication about the relevance of contribution of these different stress components. MBN measurements were performed in AISI 1070 steel sheet samples, where different strains were applied. The Barkhausen emission is also analyzed when two different sheets, deformed and non-deformed, are evaluated together. This study is useful to understand the effect of a deformed region near the surface on MBN. The low permeability of the deformed region affects MBN, and if the deformed region is below the surface the magnetic Barkhausen signal increases.