On the determination of the stray field structure by magnetic force microscopy (MFM)

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teodor M. Breczko ◽  
Miroslaw Bramowicz
1999 ◽  
Vol 86 (6) ◽  
pp. 3410-3417 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Lohau ◽  
S. Kirsch ◽  
A. Carl ◽  
G. Dumpich ◽  
E. F. Wassermann

1998 ◽  
Vol 190 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 148-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bas Vellekoop ◽  
Leon Abelmann ◽  
Steffen Porthun ◽  
Cock Lodder

Author(s):  
Xiukun Hu ◽  
Gaoliang Dai ◽  
Sibylle Sievers ◽  
Alexander Fernandez Scarioni ◽  
Volker Neu ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 78
Author(s):  
Baha Sakar ◽  
Sibylle Sievers ◽  
Alexander Fernández Scarioni ◽  
Felipe Garcia-Sanchez ◽  
İlker Öztoprak ◽  
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Magnetic force microscopy (MFM) is a widespread technique for imaging magnetic structures with a resolution of some 10 nanometers. MFM can be calibrated to obtain quantitative (qMFM) spatially resolved magnetization data in units of A/m by determining the calibrated point spread function of the instrument, its instrument calibration function (ICF), from a measurement of a well-known reference sample. Beyond quantifying the MFM data, a deconvolution of the MFM image data with the ICF also corrects the smearing caused by the finite width of the MFM tip stray field distribution. However, the quality of the calibration depends critically on the calculability of the magnetization distribution of the reference sample. Here, we discuss a Ti/Pt/Co multilayer stack that shows a stripe domain pattern as a suitable reference material. A precise control of the fabrication process, combined with a characterization of the sample micromagnetic parameters, allows reliable calculation of the sample’s magnetic stray field, proven by a very good agreement between micromagnetic simulations and qMFM measurements. A calibrated qMFM measurement using the Ti/Pt/Co stack as a reference sample is shown and validated, and the application area for quantitative MFM measurements calibrated with the Ti/Pt/Co stack is discussed.


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