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We formulate a theory on the dynamics of conduction electrons in the presence of moving magnetic textures in ferromagnetic materials. We show that the variation of local magnetization in both space and time gives rise to topological fields,…

Materials Science · Physics 2008-03-12 Shengyuan A. Yang , Di Xiao , Qian Niu

We derive a phenomenological theory of current-induced staggered magnetization dynamics in antiferromagnets. The theory captures the reactive and dissipative current-induced torques and the conventional effects of magnetic fields and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-03-11 Kjetil M. D. Hals , Yaroslav Tserkovnyak , Arne Brataas

In this paper, we study the domain wall motion induced by vertical current flow in asymmetric magnetic tunnel junctions. The domain wall motion in the free layer is mainly dictated by the current-induced field-like torque acting on it. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-02-09 S. Liu , D. J. P. de Sousa , M. Sammon , J. P. Wang , Tony Low

We show that an applied charge current in a magnetic nanowire containing domain walls (DWs) results in an interaction between DWs mediated by spin-dependent interferences of the scattered carriers. The energy and torque associated with this…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-05-25 N. Sedlmayr , V. K. Dugaev , J. Berakdar

We present a model for the dynamics of current- and field-driven domain-wall lines at nonzero temperature. We compute thermally-averaged drift velocities from the Fokker-Planck equation that describes the nonzero-temperature dynamics of the…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2013-05-29 M. E. Lucassen , H. J. van Driel , C. Morais Smith , R. A. Duine

We present a general approach for studying the dynamics of domain walls in biaxial ferromagnetic stripes with functionally graded Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI). By engineering the spatial profile of the DMI parameter we propose…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-06-24 Kostiantyn V. Yershov , Volodymyr P. Kravchuk , Denis D. Sheka , Jeroen van den Brink , Avadh Saxena

Recent studies have predicted extraordinary properties for transverse domain walls in cylindrical nanowires: zero depinning current, the absence of the Walker breakdown, and applications as domain wall oscillators. In order to reliably…

Spin transport equations in a non-homogeneous ferromagnet are derived in the limit where the sd exchange coupling between the electrons in the conduction band and those in the d band is dominant. It is shown that spin diffusion in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Benakli , J. Hohlfeld , A. Rebei

We report quantum and semi-classical calculations of spin current and spin-transfer torque in a free-electron Stoner model for systems where the magnetization varies continuously in one dimension.Analytic results are obtained for an…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-11 Jiang Xiao , A. Zangwill , M. D. Stiles

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

Domain wall propagation in cylindrical nanowires with modulations of diameter is a key phenomenon to design physics-oriented devices, or a disruptive three-dimensional magnetic memory. This chapter presents a combination of analytical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-06-16 A. De Riz , B. Trapp , J. A. Fernandez-Roldan , Ch. Thirion , J. -Ch. Toussaint , O. Fruchart , D. Gusakova

The spin-transfer-torque-driven (STT-driven) dynamics of a domain wall in an easy-axis rare-earth transition-metal ferrimagnet is investigated theoretically and numerically in the vicinity of the angular momentum compensation point $T_A$,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-08-26 Dong-Hyun Kim , Duck-Ho Kim , Kab-Jin Kim , Kyoung-Woong Moon , Seungmo Yang , Kyung-Jin Lee , Se Kwon Kim

The dynamics of a magnetic domain wall in a semi circular nanowire loop is studied by an analytical model and micromagnetic simulations. We find a damped sinusoidal oscillation of the domain wall for small displacement angles around its…

Materials Science · Physics 2011-03-25 Mahdi Jamali , Kyung-Jin Lee , Hyunsoo Yang

Despite the relevance of current-induced magnetic domain wall (DW) motion for new spintronics applications, the exact details of the current-domain wall interaction are not yet understood. A property intimately related to this interaction…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-02-13 Jeroen H. Franken , Mark Hoeijmakers , Henk J M Swagten , Bert Koopmans

Spin waves are perturbations in the relative orientation of magnetic moments in a continuous magnetic system, which have been proposed as a new kind of information carrier for spin-based low power applications. For this purpose, a major…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-06-20 Michele Voto , Luis Lopez-Diaz , Eduardo Martinez

With Monte Carlo methods, we investigate the relaxation dynamics of a domain wall in the two-dimensional random-field Ising model with a driving field. The short-time dynamic behavior at the depinning transition is carefully examined, and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2012-02-10 N. J. Zhou , B. Zheng , Y. Y. He

Micromagnetic instabilities and non-uniform magnetization states play a significant role in spin transfer induced switching of nanometer scale magnetic elements. Here we model domain wall mediated switching dynamics in perpendicularly…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-01-13 Nahuel Statuto , Jamileh Beik Mohammadi , Andrew D. Kent

We simulate automotion, the spontaneous transport of a magnetic domain wall under the influence of demagnetization and magnetic anisotropy, in nanoscale spintronic interconnects. In contrast to spin transfer driven magnetic domain wall…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Dmitri E. Nikonov , Sasikanth Manipatruni , Ian A. Young

Phenomenological approach is developed in the theory of spin-valve type ferromagnetic junctions to describe exchange switching by current flowing perpendicular to interfaces. Forward and backward current switching effects are described and…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 E. M. Epshtein , Yu. V. Gulyaev , P. E. Zilberman

We carry out large-scale micromagnetic simulations which demonstrate that due to topological constraints, internal domain walls (Bloch lines) within extended domain walls are more robust than domain walls in nanowires. Thus, the possibility…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-09-17 Touko Herranen , Lasse Laurson