1990 Volume 31 Issue 9 Pages 820-823
Magnetic domain structures of finely crystallized Fe73.5Cu1Nb3Si13.5B9 alloys have been studied by Lorentz microscopy. We found the size of the uniform area (du) having a locally uniform anisotropy strongly affects the domain structure and the associated magnetic properties. In the highest-permeability alloy annealed at 550°C, circularly magnetized domain patterns were observed. Since the domain-wall width (wd) is about five times as large as the area having a magnetic uniform anisotropy for the highest-permeability alloy (wd∼5du), effects of the anisotropy field are averaged to zero, resulting in free movement of the domain wall.