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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

We explore the contributions of adiabatic and non-adiabatic spin-transfer torques (STT) of a spin-polarized current to the thermally activated creep motion of domain-walls in a thin (Ga,Mn)(As,P) film with perpendicular anisotropy. For a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-12-27 Lucas Javier Albornoz , Rebeca Díaz Pardo , Aristide Lemaître , Sebastian Bustingorry , Javier Curiale , Vincent Jeudy

The dynamics of a 90$^{\circ }$ domain wall in an antiferromagnetic nanostrip driven by the current-induced spin-orbital torque are theoretically examined in the presence of random thermal fluctuations. A soliton-type equation of motion is…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-06-26 Yuriy G. Semenov , Xinyi Xu , Ki Wook Kim

We perform real-space imaging of propagating magnetic domains in the fractional quantum Hall system using spin-sensitive photoluminescence microscopy. The propagation is continuous and proceeds in the direction of the conventional current,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-12-21 John N. Moore , Junichiro Hayakawa , Takaaki Mano , Takeshi Noda , Go Yusa

The dynamics of a domain wall driven by a spin-polarized current in a mesoscopic system is studied numerically. Spin-mixing in the states of the conduction electrons is fully taken into account. When the Fermi energy of the electrons is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Jun-ichiro Ohe , Bernhard Kramer

We show that in a magnetic nanowire with double magnetic domain walls, quantum interference results in spin-split quasistationary states localized mainly between the domain walls. Spin-flip-assisted transmission through the domain structure…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-11 V. K. Dugaev , J. Berakdar , J. Barnas

Control of magnetic domain wall movement by the spin-polarized current looks promising for creation of a new generation of magnetic memory devices. A necessary condition for this is the domain wall shift by a low-density current. Here I…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-03-11 Vladimir L. Korenev

Thermally induced magnetization dynamics is currently a flourishing field of research due to its potential application in information technology. We study the paradigmatic system of a magnetic domain wall in a thermal gradient which is…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-02-08 I. V. Bobkova , A. M. Bobkov , Wolfgang Belzig

The spin transfer torque generated by a spin-polarized current can induce the shift of the magnetic domain-wall position. In this work, we study theoretically the current-induced domain-wall motion by using the collective coordinate…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Soon-Wook Jung , Hyun-Woo Lee

A hight degree of spin polarization is achieved for a Mn atom localized in a semiconductor quantum dot using quasi-resonant optical excitation at zero magnetic field. Optically created spin polarized carriers generate an energy splitting of…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2012-06-18 C. Le Gall , L. Besombes , H. Boukari , R. Kolodka , H. Mariette , J. Cibert

The shape instability of magnetic domain walls under current is investigated in a ferromagnetic (Ga,Mn)(As,P) film with perpendicular anisotropy. Domain wall motion is driven by the spin transfer torque mechanism. A current density gradient…

Ultrafast demagnetization of magnetic layers pumped by a femtosecond laser pulse is accompanied by a nonthermal spin-polarized current of hot electrons. These spin currents are studied here theoretically in a spin valve with noncollinear…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-02-26 Pavel Baláž , Martin Žonda , Karel Carva , Pablo Maldonado , Peter M. Oppeneer

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…

Discovering alternative ways to drive domain wall (DW) dynamics is crucial for advancing spintronic applications. Here we demonstrate via atomistic spin dynamics simulations that optical torques can efficiently drive 90^{\circ} DWs in the…

A method for deterministic control of the magnetic order parameter using an electrical stimulus is highly desired for the new generation of spintronic and magnetoelectronic devices. Much effort has been focused on magnetic domain-wall…

The magnetization dynamics equation predicts that a domain wall that changes structure should undergo a displacement by itself - automotion - due to the relaxation of the linear momentum that is associated with the wall structure. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Jean-Yves Chauleau , Raphaël Weil , André Thiaville , Jacques Miltat

We study spin accumulation and spin transfer torque in a domain wall by solving the Boltzmann equation with a diffusion approximation. We obtained the analytical expressions of spin accumulation and spin transfer torque. Both the adiabatic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-06-25 Tomohiro Taniguchi , Jun Sato , Hiroshi Imamura

The growing demand for storage, due to big data applications, cannot be met by hard disk drives. Domain wall (DW) memory devices such as racetrack memory offer an alternative route to achieve high capacity storage. In DW memory, control of…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-02-19 H. Mohammed , S. Al Risi , T. L. Jin3 J. Kosel , S. N. Piramanayagam , R. Sbiaa

The dynamics of current-induced motion of a magnetic domain wall in a quasi-one-dimensional ferromagnet with both easy-axis and easy-plane anisotropy, is studied. We pay a special attention to the case of a sharp domain wall, and calculate…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-11 V. K. Dugaev , V. R. Vieira , P. D. Sacramento , J. Barnas , M. A. N. Araujo , J. Berakdar

We study theoretically hole current-driven domain wall dynamics in (Ga,Mn)As. We show that the spin-orbit coupling causes significant hole reflection at the domain wall, even in the adiabatic limit when the wall is much thicker than the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-25 Anh Kiet Nguyen , Hans Joakim Skadsem , Arne Brataas