Journal of Alloys and Compounds 605 (2014) 149
Liuniu Tong, Tingting Li, Xianmei He, Peng Deng
Nanosurf AFM was employed for Magnetic Force Microscopy (MFM) study of NdFeCo thin films with strong perpendicular magnetic anisotropy deposited onto Si. The observed stripe-like magnetic domains exhibit a variety of configurations ranging from ordered parallel stripe to disordered labyrinthine patterns that depend on residual stress, presence of defects and magnetic history.