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We theoretically investigate dynamics of antiferromagnetic domain walls driven by spin-orbit torques in antiferromagnet/heavy metal bilayers. We show that spin-orbit torques drive antiferromagnetic domain walls much faster than…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-08-24 Takayuki Shiino , Se-Hyeok Oh , Paul M. Haney , Seo-Won Lee , Gyungchoon Go , Byong-Guk Park , Kyung-Jin Lee

Ultrafast dynamics of antiferromagnetic materials is an appealing feature for novel spintronic devices. Several experiments have shown that both, the static states and the dynamical behavior of the antiferromagnetic order, are strictly…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-01-24 Luis Sanchez-Tejerina , Vito Puliafito , Pedram Khalili Amiri , Mario Carpentieri , Giovanni Finocchio

Current-induced domain-wall motion with velocity spanning over five orders of magnitude up to 22 m/s has been observed by magneto-optical Kerr effect in (Ga,Mn)As with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. The data are employed to verify…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-01-13 M. Yamanouchi , D. Chiba , F. Matsukura , T. Dietl , H. Ohno

Domain walls in antiferromagnets under a spin-polarized current present dynamical behavior that is not observed in ferromagnets, and it is tunable by the current polarization. Precessional dynamics is obtained for perpendicular spin…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-02-02 George Theodorou , Stavros Komineas

We theoretically discover possible emergence of reentrant Walker breakdowns for current-driven domain walls in layered antiferromagnets in striking contrast to the unique Walker breakdown in ferromagnets. We reveal that the Lorentz…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-04-24 Mu-Kun Lee , Rubén M. Otxoa , Masahito Mochizuki

We experimentally study the structure and dynamics of magnetic domains in synthetic antiferromagnets based on Co/Ru/Co films. Dramatic effects arise from the interaction among the topological defects comprising the dual domain walls in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-30 A. G. Kolesnikov , V. S. Plotnikov , E. V. Pustovalov , A. S. Samardak , L. A. Chebotkevich , A. V. Ognev , Oleg A. Tretiakov

The effect of domain walls on electron transport has been investigated in microfabricated Fe wires (0.65 to 20 $\mu m$ linewidths) with controlled stripe domains. Magnetoresistance (MR) measurements as a function of domain wall density,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 U. Ruediger , J. Yu , S. Zhang , A. D. Kent , S. S. P. Parkin

We study the domain wall motion in a disordered weak ferromagnet, induced by injecting a spin current from a strong ferromagnet. Starting from the spin diffusion equation describing the spin accumulation in the weak ferromagnet, we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-04-29 Faluke Aikebaier , Tero T. Heikkilä

Domain walls in ferroelectric oxides provide fertile ground for the development of next-generation nanotechnology. Examples include domain-wall-based memory, memristors, and diodes, where the unusual electronic properties and the quasi-2D…

We have studied current-driven domain wall motion in modified Ga_0.95Mn_0.05As Hall bar structures with perpendicular anisotropy by using spatially resolved Polar Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect Microscopy and micromagnetic simulation.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 K. Y. Wang , A. C. Irvine , R. P. Campion , C. T. Foxon , J. Wunderlich , D. A. Williams , B. L. Gallagher

The current-driven motion of a domain wall (DW) in a ferromagnet with many Bloch lines (BLs) via the spin transfer torque is studied theoretically. It is found that the motion of BLs changes the current-velocity ($j$-$v$) characteristic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-15 Junichi Iwasaki , Naoto Nagaosa

Current-driven magnetic domain wall motion is demonstrated in the quaternary ferromagnetic semiconductor (Ga,Mn)(As,P) at temperatures well below the ferromagnetic transition temperature, with critical currents of the order 10^5Acm^-2. This…

We investigate magnetic domain walls in a single fcc Mn layer on Re(0001) employing spin-polarized STM, atom manipulation, and spin dynamics simulations. The low symmetry of the row-wise antiferromagnetic (1Q) state leads to a new type of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-16 Jonas Spethmann , Martin Grünebohm , Roland Wiesendanger , Kirsten von Bergmann , André Kubetzka

We theoretically study a ferrimagnetic domain-wall motion driven by a rotating magnetic field. We find that, depending on the magnitude and the frequency of the rotating field, the dynamics of a ferrimagnetic domain wall can be classified…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-12-08 Munsu Jin , Ik-Sun Hong , Duck-Ho Kim , Kyung-Jin Lee , Se Kwon Kim

Theoretical studies dealing with current-driven domain wall dynamics in ferrimagnetic alloys and, by extension, other antiferromagnetically coupled systems as some multilayers, are here presented. The analysis has been made by means of…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-07-16 Eduardo Martínez , Víctor Raposo , Óscar Alejos

Domain-wall skyrmions are magnetic solitons embedded in a domain wall that are topologically equivalent to skyrmions. Here, we theoretically study antiferromagnetic domain-wall skyrmions and their current-driven motion within the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-14 Wooyon Kim , Jun Seok Seo , Se Kwon Kim

We review our recent magnetotransport and micromagnetic studies of lithographically defined epitaxial thin film structures of bcc Fe and hcp Co with stripe domains. Micromagnetic structure and resistivity anisotropy are shown to be the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-15 Andrew D. Kent , Ulrich Rüdiger , Jun Yu , Luc Thomas , Stuart S. P. Parkin

We study theoretically the current-induced magnetic domain wall motion in a metallic nanowire with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. The anisotropy can reduce the critical current density of the domain wall motion. We explain the reduction…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Soon-Wook Jung , Woojin Kim , Taek-Dong Lee , Kyung-Jin Lee , Hyun-Woo Lee

We study current induced magnetization dynamics in a long thin ferromagnetic wire with Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI). We find a spiral domain wall configuration of the magnetization and obtain an analytical expression for the…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-10-06 Oleg A. Tretiakov , Ar. Abanov

We demonstrate that ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic excitations can be triggered by the dynamical spin accumulations induced by the bulk and surface contributions of the spin Hall effect. Due to the spin-orbit interaction, a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-12-28 F. S. M. Guimarães , S. Lounis , A. T. Costa , R. B. Muniz