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From: Improved magnetostriction in Galfenol alloys by aligning crystal growth direction along easy magnetization axis

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The schematic illustrations of the magnetostriction from two cases of 90°-domain switching of FeGa: the crystal growth direction (CGD) is same with/different from the easy magnetization axis (EMA). (a) The normal elongation of the crystal along EMA below Curie temperature; (b1) the single domain switching with the CGD deviating from the EMA (CGD along [110] and EMA along [100]); (b2) the single domain switching with the CGD parallel to the EMA (CGD along [100] and EMA along [100]); (c1) the multi-domain case for (b1); (c2) the multi-domain case for (b2). The red arrows represent the direction of EMA.

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