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Field evolution of vortex and cross-tie states is investigated by magnetic force microscopy imaging experimentally. We found that the vortices move perpendicular to the field direction. For the multivortex states, as the external field is perpendicular to the magnetization direction of the rhombic domain, which is enclosed by two neighboring vortices, the rhombic domain tilts. When the external field is parallel/antiparallel to the magnetization direction of the rhombic domain, this domain is extended/contracted. For the cross-tie state, the vortex and antivortex cores annihilate pair by pair in series when the field is applied along the short axis. When the magnetic field is applied along the long axis, the Bloch line moves along the short-axis direction till it, as a whole, annihilates near the edge of the elliptical thin film. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents a study that examined a bicrystal film. Comparison between deposited bicrystal film and deposited film of uniaxial clusters; Information on the properties of the films; Discussion on the role of bicrystal films in material science and their applications to information storage.

Ferromagnetic/paramagnetic bilayer systems have been used to investigate inverse spin-Hall effect (ISHE) extensively with the technique of spin-pumping which is based on a mechanism driving the spin moment from ferromagnetic layers into paramagnetic layers via the ferromagnetic resonance procession. When the spin current is induced in the paramagnetic layer, a transversal electrical potential difference is generated and can be measured. Among many, platinum is the most effective paramagnetic metal with a strong inverse spin-Hall effect due to its strong spin-orbit coupling. In this work, we study ISHE in two kinds of bilayer films, Ni81Fe19(Py)/Pt and La0.7Sr0.3MnO3(LSMO)/Pt. Our experimental results show that the voltage induced by ISHE in LSMO/Pt (\sim 1.0\ \muV) is one order smaller than that Py/Pt (\sim 10\ \muV) at 100 mW of microwave power, despite the fact that LSMO has much higher spin polarization than Py. Based on our fitting results, the reason for the reduction of spin-pumping effect in LSMO/Pt may be the strong anomalous Hall Effect in LSMO. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]