ANNIHILATION OF VERTICAL-BLOCH-LINE CHAINS IN THE WALLS OF THE SECOND KIND OF DUMBBELL DOMAINS SUBJECTED TO AN IN-PLANE FIELD

An experiment was statistically performed on the annihilation of vertical-Bloch-line (VBL) chains in the walls of the second kind of dumbbell domains (ⅡDs) subjected to an in-plane field H_ip. It was again confirmed that there is a critical in-plane field H′_ip, above which all VBL chains of hard domains in garnet bubble films, including ⅡDa, disappear. Just like ordinary hard bubbles (OHBs), it was also found that there exists a critical range of H_ip, from (H_ip)_ID to H′_ip, for ⅡD softening. Over this range, with the increase of H_ip, more and more ⅡDs are softened, accompanied by the successive appearance of the first kind of dumbbell domains, OHBs and soft bubbles. In addition, for the five samples tested, the ratio, H′_ip/(H_ip)_ID, is obviously greater than 2^1/2.