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Efficient electrical manipulation of domain walls is key to developing magnetic devices with fast switching capabilities and low energy consumption. Here we demonstrate Bloch-type domain wall velocities exceeding 1 km s$^{-1}$ in the…

We present an analytical calculation of the velocity of a single 180 degree domain wall in a magnetic structure with reduced thickness and/or lateral dimension under the combined action of an external applied magnetic field and an…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-07-26 A. Mougin , M. Cormier , J. P. Adam , P. J. Metaxas , J. Ferre

Domain walls in ferroelectrics exhibit a plethora of phases and functionalities not found in the bulk. The interplay of electrostatic, chemical, topological, and distortive inhomogeneities at the walls can be so complex, however, that this…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-02-23 Gabriele De Luca , Marta D. Rossell , Jakob Schaab , Nathalie Viart , Manfred Fiebig , Morgan Trassin

Based on micromagnetic simulations, we report on a novel helical magnetic structure in a soft magnetic film that is sandwiched between and exchange-coupled to two hard magnetic layers. Confined between antiparallel hard magnetic moments, a…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-12-04 L. V. Dzemiantsova , G. Meier , R. Röhlsberger

The purpose of this work is to analyze the flow due to a potential point vortex pair in the vicinity of a symmetry line (or "wall"), in order to understand why the presence of the wall, even far from the vortices, accelerates fluid mixing…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-05-30 Jean-Regis Angilella

The interaction between a magnetic thin film and a superconductor is studied. In particular, the equilibrium width of a Bloch wall is estimated with and without the superconductor. It is shown that the Bloch wall experiences a small…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 L. E. Helseth , P. E. Goa , H. Hauglin , M. Baziljevich , T. H. Johansen

We discuss a new type of topological defect in XY systems where the O(2) symmetry is broken in the presence of a boundary. Of particular interest is the appearance of such defects in nanomagnets with a planar geometry. They are manifested…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-12-18 Gia-Wei Chern , D. Clarke , H. Youk , O. Tchernyshyov

A perpendicular magnetic field penetrating a thin type-II superconductor slab produces vortices, with one vortex per flux quantum, h/2e. The vortices interact repulsively and form an ordered array (Abrikosov lattice) in clean systems, while…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-11-13 Yu Wu , Liangliang Guo , Renfei Wang , Jiawei Guo , Shuang Jia , Mingliang Tian , Xiaobo Lu , Hangwen Guo , Jian Shen , Yang Liu

We study current-induced dynamics of spin textures in thin magnetic nanowires. We derive effective equations of motion describing the dynamics of the domain-wall soft modes associated with topological defects. Because the magnetic domain…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-30 O. A. Tretiakov , Ar. Abanov

A common scenario of magnetoelectric coupling in multiferroics is the electric polarization induced by spatially modulated spin structures. It is shown in this paper that the same mechanism works in magnetic dielectrics with inhomogeneous…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-11-13 A. P. Pyatakov , G. A. Meshkov , A. K. Zvezdin

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

We microscopically derive transport equations for the conduction electrons in ferromagnetic materials with an inhomogeneous magnetization profile. Our quantum kinetic approach includes elastic scattering and anisotropic spin-flip scattering…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 Christian Wickles , Wolfgang Belzig

This paper addresses reconnection of vortex tubes, with particular focus on the topology of the vortex lines (field lines of the vorticity). This analysis of vortex line topology reveals previously undiscovered features of the reconnection…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-05-07 Philip McGavin , David I. Pontin

A vortex, a circulating flow around a void, is one of the basic topological phenomena in nature. Here we show that vortices generally emerge in spin wave travelling upon topologically nontrivial magnetic texture, due to the transverse…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-05-07 Hongbin Wu , Jin Lan

The possibility of driving vortex lines with an oscillating magnetic field could be useful in many applications. For example, it can be used for the removal of undesired trapped flux from contactless elements of superconducting devices. We…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-09-04 A. E. Koshelev

In superconductors with three or more components, time-reversal symmetry may be broken when the inter-component couplings are repulsive, leading to a superconducting state with two-fold degeneracy. When prepared carefully there is a stable…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-12-29 Zhao Huang , Xiao Hu

We discover that the way spin-waves exert magnetic torques in multiferroic materials can cause not only domain wall motion, but also magnetization dynamics for homogeneous magnetization textures. Interestingly, the domain wall motion can be…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-06-03 Iryna Kulagina , Jacob Linder

This study investigates the time evolution of vortex rings generated by the normal translation of a disk either toward or away from a wall. We systematically vary the control parameters, including the disk size, stroke length, travel time,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-06-24 Joanne Steiner , Cyprien Morize , Ivan Delbende , Alban Sauret , Philippe Gondret

We theoretically study the interaction of magnons, quanta of spin waves, and a domain wall in a one-dimensional easy-axis antiferromagnet in the presence of an external magnetic field applied along the easy axis. To this end, we begin by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-06-19 Pengtao Shen , Yaroslav Tserkovnyak , Se Kwon Kim

We study theoretically the vortex matter structure in low dimensional (LD) systems with superconducting order induced by proximity to a bulk superconductor. We analyze the effects of microscopic coupling mechanisms between the two systems…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-04-15 N. B. Kopnin , I. M. Khaymovich , A. S. Mel'nikov