The dynamic susceptibility of arrays of narrow Permalloy stripes (9 mm × several μm × 200 nm) has been investigated using a single-coil broadband susceptibility spectrometer. Disagreement is observed between experimental results and the macroscopic Landau-Lifshitz model. This model does not take into account the dipolar interaction between magnetic stripes. We have performed micromagnetic calculations that include these dipolar interactions, and have found the resulting frequency dependence of the dynamic susceptibility in the linear regime to be in good agreement with our experimental data.

Nano-size ferromagnetic dots, wires, and stripes are of great interest for future high speed magnetic sensors and ultrahigh density magnetic storage. High frequency dynamic excitation is one way to investigate the time scale of the magnetization reversal in submicron particles with lateral nanometer dimension. Macroscopic models like the Landau–Lifshitz (LL) model are often used to describe the switching process. However, these models do not take into account the nonuniformity of the magnetization structure. In this article dynamic micromagnetic calculations are used in determining the high frequency susceptibility of a 1 μm×50 nm×5 nm Permalloy stripe. The studied structure exhibits two resonance modes. The higher, primary peak is around 10 GHz and can be identified with the uniform resonance mode predicted by the macroscopic LL model. The low frequency peak is attributed to the splay of the magnetization distribution near the end of the stripe.

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