Microwave permeability spectra of flake-shaped FeCuNbSiB particle composites

The effective permeability of flake-shaped FeCuNbSiB particles/nonmagnetic matrix composition in high frequency was measured and calculated. In contrast to the relatively larger size and irregular shape particles, the flake particles have higher permeability. The results are attributed to the different magnetic loss mechanisms. According to the skin-effect criterion, we find that the magnetic loss in flake particles is mainly caused by the natural resonance, compared with the eddy current effect in the larger size and irregular shape particles. Using the shape anisotropy, the flake soft magnetic particles overcome the difficulty of the relatively small intrinsic anisotropies and increase the natural resonant frequencies to the gigahertz range, leading to the higher real part and imaginary part of the permeability. The resonance peak of flake particles was simulated using the combination of the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation and Bruggeman's effective medium theory considering a random spatial distribution of magnetic easy axes. Our theory simulation agrees well with the experimental data. (C) 2008 American Institute of Physics.