Figure 1
From: Straight motion of half-integer topological defects in thin Fe-N magnetic films with stripe domains
MFM experimental investigation of magnetic edge dislocations motion in the Fe-N film. The MFM images show the evolution of the domain pattern at the surface of a 78 nm thick Fe-N film in the presence of a reversal field, Hrev, applied along the stripes axis. Red crosses mark fixed positions on the surface of the sample, which are a reference for the determination of the motion of magnetic dislocations (see Supplementary Information). On increasing the field intensity, two different types of magnetic edge dislocations (green and yellow arrows) are found to translate into opposite directions along the stripes axis (i.e., parallel and antiparallel to Hrev, respectively). The bar is the unit length of 1 μm.
