Magnetic properties of single crystals of cobalt and substituted cadmium-cobalt spinel ferrites are presented under high magnetic field up to 180 kOe in the 4.2-300 K temperature range for five substitution rates. The easy direction of magnetization is [loo] whereas abrupt field transitions are observed below 150 K for the [Ill] direction. The influence of the cadmium substitution on the molecu...

Anomalous magnetic properties of the double perovskite ruthenate compound Sr2YRuO6 are reported here. Magnetization measurements as a function of temperature in low magnetic fields show clear evidence for two components of magnetic order (TM1 ∼ 32 K and TM2 ∼ 27 K) aligned opposite to each other with respect to the magnetic field direction even though only Ru5+ moments can order magnetically in...

Aeromagnetic surveys of the Hawaiian Islands have revealed that the pr imary magnetic anomalies associated with the islands are dipole anomalies caused by the intrusive rocks of the volcanic centers and rift zones. Comparisons of the direction of magn etization indicated by the dipole anomalies with results of laboratory measurements on iavas show that in many cases the lavas possess reverse po...

The paper presents a numerical method based on Preisach model for the characterization and modelling of hysteretic magnetic materials exhibiting vector hysteresis, with acceptable accuracy, based on minimal material measurement data. The identification approach based on the Everett distribution function is a way to obtain accurate numerical solutions when the experimental data of the magnetic m...

We report unexpected phenomena during magnetization reversal in ultrathin Co films and Co/Pt multilayers with perpendicular anisotropy. Using magneto-optical Kerr microscopy and magnetic force microscopy we have observed asymmetrical nucleation centers where the reversal begins for one direction of the field only and is characterized by an acute asymmetry of domain-wall mobility. We have also o...

We report anisotropic magnetoresistance in Pt|Y(3)Fe(5)O(12) bilayers. In spite of Y(3)Fe(5)O(12) being a very good electrical insulator, the resistance of the Pt layer reflects its magnetization direction. The effect persists even when a Cu layer is inserted between Pt and Y(3)Fe(5)O(12), excluding the contribution of induced equilibrium magnetization at the interface. Instead, we show that th...

We introduce a new class of spintronic devices in which a spin-valve-like effect results from strong spin-orbit coupling in a single ferromagnetic layer rather than from injection and detection of a spin-polarized current by two coupled ferromagnets. The effect is observed in a normal-metal-insulator-ferromagnetic-semiconductor tunneling device. This behavior is caused by the interplay of the a...

We present magnetization measurements of mesoscopic superconducting niobium loops containing a ferromagnetic (PdNi) pi junction. The loops are prepared on top of the active area of a micro-Hall sensor based on high mobility GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures. We observe asymmetric switching of the loop between different magnetization states when reversing the sweep direction of the magnetic field. Th...

We report resistivity and magnetization of single crystal MgB2, focusing on the broadening of superconducting (SC) transition in magnetic fields. In-plane and outof-plane resistivity indicate that the broadening of superconducting transition is independent of Lorentz force and that it is merely dependent on the magnetic field direction. In magnetization, diamagnetic signal begins to appear at a...

We experimentally demonstrate that the magnetization can be reversed in a reproducible manner by a single 40 femtosecond circularly polarized laser pulse, without any applied magnetic field. This optically induced ultrafast magnetization reversal previously believed impossible is the combined result of femtosecond laser heating of the magnetic system to just below the Curie point and circularly...