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We present a versatile method for detecting the presence and motion of a trapped domain wall in a narrow ferromagnetic layer using current-perpendicular-to-plane (CPP) giant magnetoresistance (MR). The CPP-MR response to small motions of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. J. Zambano , W. P. Pratt

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 precise manipulation of transverse magnetic domain walls in finite/infinite nanowires with artificial defects under the influence of very short spin-polarized current pulses is investigated. We show that for a classical $3d$ ferromagnet…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-01-09 A. Pivano , V. O. Dolocan

We have used the results of micromagnetic simulations to investigate the effects of nanowire geometry and domain wall magnetization structure on the characteristic parameters of magnetic atom traps formed by domain walls in planar…

We investigate the magnetic thermal noise in magnetic nanowires with and without a domain wall by employing micromagnetic simulations. The magnetic thermal noise due to random thermal fluctuation fields gives important physical quantities…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-19 Jungbum Yoon , Chun-Yeol You , Younghun Jo , Seung-Young Park , Myung-Hwa Jung

A micromagnetic study of epitaxial micron-sized iron dots is reported through the analysis of Fresnel contrast in Lorentz Microscopy. Their use is reviewed and developed through analysis of various magnetic structures in such dots. Simple…

The manipulation of mesoscale domain wall phenomena has emerged as a powerful strategy for designing ferroelectric responses in functional devices, but its full potential has not yet been realized in the field of magnetism. We show that…

We examine magnetic domain patterns in symmetric [Co/Ni]$_M$ and asymmetric [Pt/(Co/Ni)$_M$/Ir]$_N$ multi-layers using Fresnel mode Lorentz transmission electron microscopy (LTEM). In the symmetric multi-layer, where the…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-06-26 Maxwell Li , Derek Lau , Marc De Graef , Vincent Sokalski

Magnetic skyrmions with ultrasmall nanometric dimensions hold significant promise for next-generation high-density spintronic devices. Direct real-space imaging of these topological spin textures is critical for elucidating their emergent…

Precise control of magnetic domain formation at the nanoscale remains constrained by stochastic defect-mediated and unstable pinning, limiting scalability and reproducibility in spintronic architectures. Here we demonstrate that spatially…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-18 Gijs W. A. Simons , Rik F. J. van Haren , Bert Koopmans

We present fractional quantum Hall domain walls confined in a gate-defined wire structure. Our experiments utilize spatial oscillation of domain walls driven by radio frequency electric fields to cause nuclear magnetic resonance. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-11 S. Miyamoto , T. Miura , S. Watanabe , K. Nagase , Y. Hirayama

Curved magnetic architectures are key enablers of the prospective magnetic devices with respect to size, functionality and speed. By exploring geometry-governed magnetic interactions, curvilinear magnetism offers a number of intriguing…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-04-05 Kostiantyn V. Yershov , Denis D. Sheka

Using direct variational method with 2-parametric trial function and Landau-Ginzburg-Devonshire thermodynamical approach, we derived analytical expressions for polarization spatial redistribution in the ferroelectrics caused by the biased…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-04-16 Anna N. Morozovska

Polarized neutron reflectometry (PNR) has long been applied to measure the magnetic depth profile of thin films. In recent years, interest has increased in observing lateral magnetic structures in a film. While magnetic arrays patterned by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 W. -T. Lee , S. G. E. te Velthuis , G. P. Felcher , F. Klose , T. Gredig , D. Dahlberg , B. V. Toperverg

Using measurements of the spectra of microwave-frequency resistance oscillations, we determine the phase diagram of magnetic excitations caused by torques from DC spin-polarized currents in (thin permalloy)/copper/(thick permalloy)…

Ferroelectric nanostructures can be formed by local switching of domains using techniques such as piezo-force microscopy (PFM). Understanding lateral size effects is important to determine the minimum feature size for writing ferroelectric…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-10-31 Nathaniel Ng , Rajeev Ahluwalia , Haibin Su , Freddy Boey

Spin waves are investigated in Yttrium Iron Garnet (YIG) waveguides with a thickness of 39 nm and widths ranging down to 50 nm, i.e., with aspect ratios thickness over width approaching unity, using Brillouin Light Scattering spectroscopy.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-06-26 Q. Wang , B. Heinz , R. Verba , M. Kewenig , P. Pirro , M. Schneider , T. Meyer , B. Lägel , C. Dubs , T. Brächer , A. V. Chumak

The presence of a domain wall trapped by a sub-micron notch is probed in two ways: through electronic transport measurements and by Magnetic Force Microscopy (MFM). We observe complex magnetic features which are consistent with numerical…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Lacour , J. A. Katine , L. Folks , T. Block , J. R. Childress , M. J. Carey , B. A. Gurney

We theoretically investigate the dynamics of atomic domain walls (DWs) in antiferromagnets driven by a spin-orbit field. For a DW with the width of a few lattice constants, we identify a Peierls-like pinning effect, with the depinning field…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-08-05 Huanhuan Yang , H. Y. Yuan , Ming Yan , Peng Yan

A domain wall separating two oppositely magnetized regions in a ferromagnetic semiconductor exhibits, under appropriate conditions, strongly nonlinear I-V characteristics similar to those of a p-n diode. We study these characteristics as…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 G. Vignale , M. E. Flatte'