%0 journal article
%@ 1098-0121
%A Theis-Broehl, K., Toperverg, B., Leiner, V., Westphalen, A., Zabel, H.

%D 2005
%J Physical Review  B
%N 2
%P 020403 
%R doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.71.020403
%T Correlated Magnetic Reversal in Periodic Stripe Patterns
%U https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.71.020403
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%X The magnetization reversal in a periodic magnetic stripe array has been studied with a combination of direct and reciprocal space methods: Kerr microscopy and polarized neutron scattering. Kerr images show that during magnetization reversal over a considerable magnetic-field range a ripple domain state occurs in the stripes with magnetization components perpendicular to the stripes. Quantitative analysis of polarized neutron specular reflection, Bragg diffraction, and off-specular diffuse scattering provides a detailed picture of the mean magnetization direction in the ripple domains as well as longitudinal and transverse fluctuations, and reveals a strong correlation of those components over a number of stripes.