Nonlinear Reconfiguration of Vortexlike Domain Walls in Magnetically Uniaxial Films under the Action of an External Field Normal to the Easy Magnetic Axis

The effect of external magnetic field H normal to the anisotropy axis on the energy and configuration of vortexlike asymmetric magnetic walls in a magnetically uniaxial film with an easy magnetic axis parallel to its surface is studied. The investigation is based on minimizing the energy functional of the film with due regard to exchange energy, magnetic anisotropy energy, magnetostatic energy, and Zeeman energy. The range of H below the anisotropy field is found where the asymmetric Neel wall is stable, unlike the case H = 0, when the asymmetric Bloch wall is stable. It is shown that an asymmetric Bloch wall becomes absolutely unstable and reconfigures into an asymmetric Neel wall at some critical values of H = H-perpendicular to. The dependences of critical field H-perpendicular to on the film thickness and saturation induction at different values of the anisotropy field are determined: field H-perpendicular to depends on the thickness nonlinearly and on the saturation induction nonmonotonically.