Domain wall dynamics and Hall effect in eddy current loop in amorphous ferromagnetic wire with small helical anisotropy

Small helical anisotropy was induced in amorphous ferromagnetic Co68.2Fe4.3Si12.5B15 wire by current annealing and simultaneous application of tensile stress and torsion. Presence of helical anisotropy was confirmed by measurement and analysis of the circular magnetic flux versus axial magnetic field hysteresis loops. These measurements also showed that a single domain wall between circular domains can be created by placing the wire in a sufficiently high inhomogeneous magnetic field generated by Helmholtz coils with opposite currents. The domain wall velocity versus axial driving field was measured. The results show that the basic dynamic properties (magnitude of the wall mobility, field interval in which linear dependencies between velocity and field are observed, accelerated increase of the velocity for higher fields) are very similar to those obtained for the domain wall between circular domains driven by a constant circular field. The Hall effect was detected in the eddy current loop generated by the moving domain wall.