Recent advances in technology involving magnetic materials require development of novel advanced magnetic materials with improved magnetic and magneto-transport properties and with reduced dimensionality. Therefore magnetic materials with outstanding magnetic characteristics and reduced dimensionality have recently gained much attention. Among these magnetic materials a family of thin wires wit...

We show that magnetic response at terahertz frequencies can be achieved in a planar structure composed of nonmagnetic conductive resonant elements. The effect is realized over a large bandwidth and can be tuned throughout the terahertz frequency regime by scaling the dimensions of the structure. We suggest that artificial magnetic structures, or hybrid structures that combine natural and artifi...

In this paper we present an overview of various features of the structure of L10 magnetic phase. We discuss the various microstructural features which occur in these materials due to the changes in symmetry (translational and orientational domains) as well as the relationship between the crystal symmetry and features such as the thermodynamic order of the disorder to order phase transition. We ...

Using the mean field theory, we investigate the effect of the random crystal-field on both the spin-3/2 and spin-2 Blume-Capel models. Several new features are found including the apparence of new ordered phases at low temperature and consequently rich ground state phase diagrams. At finite temperature, new types of phase diagrams are found. Furthermore, we show that at low temperature, first-o...

Reptation, or accommodation, is manifested in ferromagnetic materials in a variety of operating regimes and hence must be incorporated in models used for comprehensive material characterization or model-based control design. Because the microscopic mechanisms which cause reptation are complex, we characterize the effect in a phenomenological macroscopic manner within the context of a homogenize...

Chemical substitutions at very low level have been proved to be a very effective tool to change important physical parameters in many kinds of materials. These modifications may be the result of, for instance, subtle variations of the position of the Fermi level with respect to the density of states, presence of additional electrons which may change the hole carrier concentration, steric effect...

The phenomenon of magnetization reversal in a hard magnet is studied analytically within a framework of a simplified energy minimization model for a two grain system. The transition region ~a domain wall-like moment structure! is found to play a crucial role in nucleating a reversed domain and in the subsequent formation of a domain wall near the grain boundary. This is shown to result in a con...

Ferrite and iron powder magnetic materials were developed to support a wide range of components, including inductors, EMI suppressors, conventional transformers and transmission line transformers (TLTs). This article deals with transmission line transformers, presenting the observations and conclusions of the author, reached after extensive experimental research into the behavior and performanc...

Annealing of amorphous precursor alloys, with compositions (Fe,Co!88M7B4Cu1 ~M5Zr, Nb, Hf!, above their primary crystallization temperature results in the nanocrystallization of the ferromagnetic a8-FeCo phase. This work describes results of the characterization of these alloys, including morphological and chemical stability of the a8-FeCo phase, examination of alloy compositions, and developme...

This research program examined the interaction of conducting materials with magnetic fields through a series of experiments, the development of analytical models and the development and testing of numerical models. The experiments were a series of drop tests of conducting spheres through strong magnetic field gradients and were used for the development and validation of the analytical and numer...