Cross-Tie Walls in Thin Films

Abstract

Various properties of cross-tie walls are summarized. Several new Bitter pattern experiments dealing with cross-tie walls are described. The first experiment firmly determines the magnetization distribution about a cross-tie, with the aid of an applied field at 45°to the wall. The second experiment tests the stability of cross-tie walls. It is shown in this experiment that another wall configuration is possible. This is discussed in light of the buckling mechanism of film switching. © 1960 The American Institute of Physics.