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Current-induced motion of a domain wall in magnetic nanowires

Materials Science 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

The dynamics of current-induced motion of a magnetic domain wall in a quasi-one-dimensional ferromagnet with both easy-axis and easy-plane anisotropy, is studied. We pay a special attention to the case of a sharp domain wall, and calculate the spin torque created by the electric current. The torque has two components, one of which is acting as a driving force for the motion of the domain wall while the other distorts its shape, forcing thus the magnetic moments to deviate from the easy plane.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0509574,
  title  = {Current-induced motion of a domain wall in magnetic nanowires},
  author = {V. K. Dugaev and V. R. Vieira and P. D. Sacramento and J. Barnas and M. A. N. Araujo and J. Berakdar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0509574},
  year   = {2009}
}

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12 pages with 6 figures