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Selected Applications
attoAFM I
Helimagnetic Phase of Fe 0.5 Co 0.5 Si
1µm
1µm
Real space imaging of exotic magnetic phases provides a level of understanding that
cannot be achieved with indirect techniques. The figure on the left shows one of
the first observations of a helimagnetic phase using the attoMFM I. The periodicity
of the stripes is around 100 nm. This phase is of particular interest because of its
proximity to a skyrmion phase. Skyrmions are exotic magnetic excitations, studied
extensively because of their potential use in spintronic applications. The measure-
ment was performed on a FeCo 0.5 Si 0.5 sample at 4 K using an attoMFM I in attocube
application labs.
(attocube application labs, 2013; sample courtesy of A. Bauer and C. Pfleiderer, Technical University of Munich,
Garching, Germany)
High Resolution MFM on Bit Patterned Media Co-Pd at 10 K
MFM measurement on Co-Pd dots with 50 nm diameter at 10 K using the
attoMFM I. The image demonstrates the high