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Tunable Transient Decay Times in Nonlinear Systems: Application to Magnetic Precession

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2015-06-23 v3 Materials Science Chaotic Dynamics

Abstract

The dynamical motion of the magnetization plays a key role in the properties of magnetic materials. If the magnetization is initially away from the equilibrium direction in a magnetic nanoparticle, it will precess at a natural frequency and, with some damping present, will decay to the equilibrium position in a short lifetime. Here we investigate a simple but important situation where a magnetic nanoparticle is driven non-resonantly by an oscillating magnetic field, not at the natural frequency. We find a surprising result that the lifetime of the transient motion is strongly tunable, by factors of over 10,000, by varying the amplitude of the driving field.

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@article{arxiv.1412.8224,
  title  = {Tunable Transient Decay Times in Nonlinear Systems: Application to Magnetic Precession},
  author = {M. G. Phelps and K. L. Livesey and A. M. Ferona and R. E. Camley},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.8224},
  year   = {2015}
}

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