Reconstruction of magnetic structures and material parameters with convolutional neural network and bias field-constrained micromagnetic relaxation

We present framework for extracting internal magnetic structures and intrinsic magnetic material parameters from stray field measurements. The approach introduces a tunable bias field into Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert dynamics and identifies optimal parameters by minimizing the mismatch between simulated and target stray fields or magnetic force microscopy (MFM) frequency shift contrast. Using synthetic data, we demonstrate recovery of global parameters including the uniaxial anisotropy constant [Formula: see text], saturation magnetization [Formula: see text], exchange stiffness [Formula: see text], and Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction constant [Formula: see text]. A sensitivity analysis reveals that [Formula: see text] has the strongest influence on the optimization loss, while [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] exhibit relatively shallow minima. We further assess robustness to noise in the input stray field and find that accurate parameter estimation remains feasible at moderate noise levels. We further analyze the inverse reconstruction of magnetization textures and show that, while the strong stray-field side of Néel skyrmions allows for reliable reconstructions, the weak stray-field side poses significant challenges. These difficulties can be mitigated by employing a convolutional neural network (U-Net) trained on synthetic micromagnetic data to learn the mapping from stray-field slices to magnetization textures. The network provides a robust initialization for the subsequent physics-based relaxation, thereby improving convergence and reconstruction accuracy in challenging scenarios such as the weak stray-field side of Néel skyrmions. The framework is implemented using automatic differentiation in PyTorch, enabling gradient-based optimization and suggesting future extensions toward spatially resolved parameter reconstruction. This hybrid learning-and-physics method offers a flexible and robust strategy for material characterization based on micromagnetic forward models and experimental magnetic imaging data.

Authors

Institutions

Publication Details

Journal
Scientific Reports
Published
2025-12-01
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-27151-1
Primary Topic
Magnetic properties of thin films
Type
article
Field-Weighted Citation Impact
0.00

Funders

Controls
|||
ALL TIME
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
article

Reconstruction of magnetic structures and material parameters with convolutional neural network and bias field-constrained micromagnetic relaxation

Florian Bruckner, Claas Abert, Dieter Suess, Hans J. Hug et al.
Scientific Reports
Magnetic properties of thin films
article

Reconstruction of magnetic structures and material parameters with convolutional neural network and bias field-constrained micromagnetic relaxation

Florian Bruckner, Claas Abert, Dieter Suess, Hans J. Hug, J. Philip Smith, Alexander Setescak
article en

Abstract

We present framework for extracting internal magnetic structures and intrinsic magnetic material parameters from stray field measurements. The approach introduces a tunable bias field into Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert dynamics and identifies optimal parameters by minimizing the mismatch between simulated and target stray fields or magnetic force microscopy (MFM) frequency shift contrast. Using synthetic data, we demonstrate recovery of global parameters including the uniaxial anisotropy constant [Formula: see text], saturation magnetization [Formula: see text], exchange stiffness [Formula: see text], and Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction constant [Formula: see text]. A sensitivity analysis reveals that [Formula: see text] has the strongest influence on the optimization loss, while [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] exhibit relatively shallow minima. We further assess robustness to noise in the input stray field and find that accurate parameter estimation remains feasible at moderate noise levels. We further analyze the inverse reconstruction of magnetization textures and show that, while the strong stray-field side of Néel skyrmions allows for reliable reconstructions, the weak stray-field side poses significant challenges. These difficulties can be mitigated by employing a convolutional neural network (U-Net) trained on synthetic micromagnetic data to learn the mapping from stray-field slices to magnetization textures. The network provides a robust initialization for the subsequent physics-based relaxation, thereby improving convergence and reconstruction accuracy in challenging scenarios such as the weak stray-field side of Néel skyrmions. The framework is implemented using automatic differentiation in PyTorch, enabling gradient-based optimization and suggesting future extensions toward spatially resolved parameter reconstruction. This hybrid learning-and-physics method offers a flexible and robust strategy for material characterization based on micromagnetic forward models and experimental magnetic imaging data.

Scientific ReportsVol. 15(1)
University of Vienna (AT), University of Basel (CH), Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (CH)
Austrian Science Fund
Openalex Percentile: Top 70%
Magnetic properties of thin films
AI Navigator

Ask Laika to Summarize, Analyze, and Connect papers live on the map.

Summarize Papers & Methodologies

Extract key findings, datasets, and comparative methods across publications.

Benchmark Rankings & Visual Analytics

Rank top research institutions, authors, funders, topics, and journals by Field-Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI) and paper volume with instant charts.

Connect Distant Disciplines

Bridge topological clusters on the map to find hidden collaborative intersections.