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Magnetic vortex control with current-induced axial magnetization in centrosymmetric Weyl materials

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2023-12-27 v1

Abstract

We consider magnetic Weyl metals as a platform to achieve current control of magnetization textures with transport currents, utilizing their underlying band geometry. We show that the transport current in a Weyl semimetal produces an axial magnetization due to orbital magnetic moments of the Weyl electrons. The associated axial magnetization can generate a torque acting on the localized magnetic moments. For the case of a magnetic vortex in a nanodisk of Weyl materials, this current-induced torque can be used to reverse its circulation and polarity. We discuss the axial magnetization torques in Weyl metals on general symmetry grounds, and compare their strength to current-induced torques in more conventional materials.

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@article{arxiv.2312.16122,
  title  = {Magnetic vortex control with current-induced axial magnetization in centrosymmetric Weyl materials},
  author = {J. G. Yang and Yaroslav Tserkovnyak and D. A. Pesin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.16122},
  year   = {2023}
}