Eur. Phys. J. B (2013) 86: 191
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2013-30678-2

Regular Article

Rotatable anisotropy of epitaxial Fe_1−xGa_x thin films^*

¹ Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Centro Atómico Bariloche, (R8402AGP) San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina
² Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Av. Rivadavia 1917, c1033 AAJ Buenos Aires, Argentina
³ Laboratorio Internacional Franco-Argentino en Nanociencias, LIFAN, INSP, UPMC-Paris 6, CNRS UMR 7588, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
⁴ Institut des NanoSciences de Paris, INSP, UPMC-Paris 6, CNRS UMR 7588, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
⁵ Synchrotron SOLEIL, 91192 Gif Sur Yvette, France

^a e-mail: marianabarturen@gmail.com

Received: 24 July 2012
Received in final form: 4 January 2013
Published online: 24 April 2013

Abstract

We show by a combined magnetic force microscopy and synchrotron radiation spectroscopy study that stripe-like patterned magnetic domains are present in Fe_1−xGa_x thin films. These stripes, whose origin is attributed to an out-of-plane magnetic component, can be rotated by an external magnetic field.