Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10292975 | NDT & E International | 2005 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Rare-earth iron garnet films are currently used as magnetooptical indicator films for visualization of magnetic leakage fields in nondestructive testing. For gray scale imaging in-plane magnetized films are used yielding a high spatial resolution. On the other hand, garnet films supporting magnetic domains can be prepared having a very high sensitivity, while their resolution is limited by the size of the domains. This behavior can be improved considerably by applying a bias induction B⥠in the plane of the sensor film. Just above the collapse-induction Bâ¥,coll the in-plane magnetized film offers a high spatial resolution with still high sensitivity. Experiments demonstrate a clear improvement of the quality of the magnetooptical imaging. The experimental results are in agreement with calculations.
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Authors
C. Holthaus, A. Trifonov, H. Dötsch, J. Schützmann,