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Interactions of domain walls (DWs) are analyzed with relevance to formation of stationary bubbles (complexes of two DWs) and complexes of many domains in one dimensional systems. I investigate the domain structures in ferromagnets which are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-06-27 Andrzej Janutka

We report on the controlled switching of domain wall (DW) magnetization in aligned stripe domain structures, stabilized in [Co (0.44 nm)/Pt (0.7 nm)]$_X$ ($X = 48$, 100, 150) multilayers with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. The switching…

Domain walls are ubiquitous in materials that undergo phase transitions driven by spontaneous symmetry breaking. Domain walls in ferroics and multiferroics have received tremendous attention recently due to their emergent properties…

We study the quantum dynamics of soliton-like domain walls in anisotropic spin-1/2 chains in the presence of magnetic fields. In the absence of fields, domain walls form a Bloch band of delocalized quantum states while a static field…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Jordan Kyriakidis , Daniel Loss

A special cross-tie (SCT) domain wall was discovered in the helimagnet MnCoSi alloy via the magnetic vector field tomography in Lorentz transmission electron microscopy (LTEM). Different to the traditional cross-tie (TCT) domain wall where…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-01-06 Yuan Yao , Bei Ding , Jun Liu , Jinjing Liang , Hang Li , Xi Shen , Richeng Yu , Wenhong Wang

Altermagnets are an emerging class of unconventional antiferromagnets, characterized by a N\'eel ordering that does not break the translation symmetry of the underlying lattice. Depending on the orientation of the N\'eel vector, the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-09 Sopheak Sorn , Yuriy Mokrousov

We present a phenomenological theory of altermagnets, that captures their unique magnetization dynamics and allows modelling magnetic textures in this new magnetic phase. Focusing on the prototypical d-wave altermagnets, e.g. RuO$_2$, we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-07-30 O. Gomonay , V. P. Kravchuk , R. Jaeschke-Ubiergo , K. V. Yershov , T. Jungwirth , L. Šmejkal , J. van den Brink , J. Sinova

Magnetic domain walls can be moved by spin-polarized currents due to spin-transfer torques. This opens the possibility to use them in spintronic memory devices as, e.g., in racetrack storage. Naturally, in miniaturized devices domain walls…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-09-04 Martin Stier , Jennifer Erdmann , Michael Thorwart

As a collective quasiparticle excitation of the magnetic order in magnetic materials, spin wave, or magnon when quantized, can propagate in both conducting and insulating materials. Like the manipulation of its optical counterpart, the…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2017-11-28 Jin Lan , Weichao Yu , Jiang Xiao

Topological protection is an elegant way of warranting the integrity of quantum and nanosized systems. In magnetism one example is the Bloch-point, a peculiar object implying the local vanishing of magnetization within a ferromagnet. Its…

Interfacial ferroelectricity offers a promising platform for ultrafast, low-power memory devices. While previous studies have demonstrated the importance of domain wall in polarization switching, the coexistence of various domain wall types…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-12-24 Hao-Wen Xu , Wen-Cheng Fan , Jun-Ding Zheng , Cheng-Shi Yao , Ni Zhong , Wen-Yi Tong , Chun-Gang Duan

We report experimental and theoretical studies of magnetic domain walls in an in-plane magnetized (Ga,Mn)As dilute moment ferromagnetic semiconductor. Our high-resolution electron holography technique provides direct images of domain wall…

Spin wave, the collective excitation of magnetic order, is one of the fundamental angular momentum carriers in magnetic systems. Understanding the spin wave propagation in magnetic textures lies in the heart of developing pure magnetic…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-06-09 Jin Lan , Weichao Yu , Jiang Xiao

A domain wall in a ferromagnetic one-dimensional nanowire experiences current induced motion due to its coupling with the conduction electrons. When the current is not sufficient to drive the domain wall through the wire, or it is confined…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-07-13 Nicholas Sedlmayr , Jamal Berakdar

Structure and properties of two-dimensional spiral textures in helical ferromagnets have been studied. In these magnetic mediums have been predicted new types of periodical structures - spiral lattices.

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-01-03 A. B. Borisov , F. N. Rybakov

We report a study on the field-driven propagation of vortex-like domain walls in ferromagnetic nanotubes. This particular geometry gives rise to a special feature of the static wall configuration, which significantly influences its…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-14 Ming Yan , Christian Andreas , Attila Kákay , Felipe Garcia-Sanchez , Riccardo Hertel

Rectangular nanowires may have domain walls nucleated and moved through them to realize many devices. It has been shown that at a particular width and thickness of a nanowire with perpendicular anisotropy, there is a switch from the domain…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-01-20 M. D. DeJong , K. L. Livesey

We investigated head-to-head domain walls in nanostrips of epitaxial $\mathrm{Fe}_4\mathrm{N}(001)$ thin films, displaying a fourfold magnetic anisotropy. Magnetic force microscopy and micromagnetic simulations show that the domain walls…

Topological insulators (TIs) show rich phenomena and functions which can never be realized in ordinary insulators. Most of them come from the peculiar surface or edge states. Especially, the quantized anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) without an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-09-03 Ryohei Wakatsuki , Motohiko Ezawa , Naoto Nagaosa

We study spin textures in a quantum Hall Ising ferromagnet. Domain walls between ferro and unpolarized states at $\nu=2$ are analyzed with a functional theory supported by a microscopic calculation. In a neutral wall, Hartree repulsion…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 L. Brey , C. Tejedor