Volume 179, Issue 1 pp. 211-220
Original Paper

Magnetic Domain Structure and Intrinsic Magnetic Material Parameters of Ternary Intermetallic RMn2Ge2 Compounds (R ≡ La, Ce, Pr and Nd)

J.J. Wysłocki

J.J. Wysłocki

Institute of Physics, Technical University of Częstochowa, Al. Armii Krajowej 19, PL-42-200 Częstochowa, Poland

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A. Przybył

A. Przybył

Institute of Physics, Technical University of Częstochowa, Al. Armii Krajowej 19, PL-42-200 Częstochowa, Poland

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P. Pawlik

P. Pawlik

Institute of Physics, Technical University of Częstochowa, Al. Armii Krajowej 19, PL-42-200 Częstochowa, Poland

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S. Szymura

S. Szymura

Department of Physics, Technical University of Opole, ul. Ozimska 75, PL-45-370 Opole, Poland

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E.M. Levin

E.M. Levin

Institute of Applied Physics, University of Lvov, Pushkina 49, UA-290044 Lvov, Ukraine

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Abstract

Applying a powder pattern method the magnetic domain structures of polycrystalline intermetallic RMn2Ge2 (where R ≡ La, Ce, Pr, Nd) compounds were studied. The domain structures observed are typical for uniaxial materials. The domain wall energy density γ was determined from analysis of domain structure patterns, using different models of the domain structure. The obtained values are used to determine the intrinsic magnetic material parameters: domain wall width δB, critical diameters of single domain particles Dc and exchange constants A.

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