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We consider the dynamics of polarization of a single domain wall in a magnetic nanowire, which is strongly pinned by impurities. In this case the equation of motion for the polarization parameter does not include any other dynamical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-10-16 N. Sedlmayr , V. Dugaev , J. Berakdar

Spin-polarized electric current exerts torque on local magnetic spins, resulting in magnetic domain-wall (DW) motion in ferromagnetic nanowires. Such current-driven DW motion opens great opportunities toward next-generation magnetic devices…

We present experimental results on the displacement of a domain wall by injection of a dc current through the wall. The samples are 1 micron wide long stripes of a CoO/Co/Cu/NiFe classical spin valve structure. The stripes have been…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-07 J. Grollier , D. Lacour , V. Cros , A. Hamzic , A. Vaures , A. Fert , D. Adam , G. Faini

Spintronic devices, whose operation is based on the motion of a magnetic domain wall (DW), have been proposed recently. If a DW could be driven directly by flowing an electric current instead of a magnetic field, the performance and…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-10 Akinobu Yamaguchi , Teruo Ono , Saburo Nasu , Kousaku Miyake , Ko Mibu , Teruya Shinjo

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

We study field-induced domain wall motion in permalloy nanowires with vertically etched nanotrench pinning site. Micromagnetic simulations and electrical measurements are employed to characterize the pinning potential at the nanotrench. It…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-04-07 Kulothungasagaran Narayanapillai , Hyunsoo Yang

We demonstrate the possibility to write and modulate the magnetic domain walls in a TbFeCo single layer nanowire (300 nm width, 150 $\mu$m length). To realize this, a tiny magnetic domain was nucleated by an Oersted field produced by a 1.6…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-05-01 Duc-The Ngo , Kotaro Ikeda , Hiroyuki Awano

We study domain wall (DW) dynamics in permalloy nanowires excited by alternating spin-polarized current applied perpendicular to the nanowire. Spin torque ferromagnetic resonance measurements reveal that DW oscillations at a pinning site in…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-05-29 C. T. Boone , J. A. Katine , M. Carey , J. R. Childress , X. Cheng , I. N. Krivorotov

We theoretically study the current-induced dynamics of a transverse magnetic domain wall in bi-layer nanowires consisting of a ferromagnet on top of a nonmagnet having strong spin-orbit coupling. Domain wall dynamics is characterized by two…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-07-18 Soo-Man Seo , Kyoung-Whan Kim , Jisu Ryu , Hyun-Woo Lee , Kyung-Jin Lee

Recent studies have revealed that domain walls in magnetic nanostructures can serve as compact, energy-efficient spin-wave waveguides for building magnonic devices that are considered promising candidates for overcoming the challenges and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-05-31 Xiangjun Xing , Philip W. T. Pong , J. Åkerman , Yan Zhou

We propose a new type of multi-bit and energy-efficient magnetic memory based on current-driven, field-free, and highly controlled domain wall motion. A meandering domain wall channel with precisely interspersed pinning regions provides the…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2024-05-29 Pengxiang Zhang , Wilfried Haensch , Charudatta M. Phatak , Supratik Guha

Cellular-level neuron stimulation has attracted much attention in the areas of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders. Herein, we propose a spintronic neurostimulator based on the domain wall movement inside…

Medical Physics · Physics 2020-01-08 Diqing Su , Kai Wu , Renata Saha , Jian-Ping Wang

Manipulation of magnetic domain walls can be used to improve the capabilities of the next generation of memory and sensing devices. Materials of recent interest for such devices include heterostructures of ultrathin ferromagnets sandwiched…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-08-03 S. Ali Nasseri , Eduardo Martinez , Gianfranco Durin

This paper introduces an oscillator scheme based on the oscillations of magnetic domain walls due to spin-polarized currents, where the current is injected perpendicular to the sample plane in a localized part of a nanowire. Depending on…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 G. Finocchio , N. Maugeri , L. Torres , B. Azzerboni

Interactions between pairs of magnetic domain walls (DW) and pinning by radial constrictions were studied in cylindrical nanowires with surface roughness. It was found that a radial constriction creates a symmetric pinning potential well,…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-22 Voicu O. Dolocan

We study theoretically the current-induced magnetic domain wall motion in a metallic nanowire with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. The anisotropy can reduce the critical current density of the domain wall motion. We explain the reduction…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Soon-Wook Jung , Woojin Kim , Taek-Dong Lee , Kyung-Jin Lee , Hyun-Woo Lee

We represent the results of micromagnetic modeling and experimental magnetic force microscopy investigations of domain wall (DW) pinning-depinning effects in the hybrid systems consisting of ferromagnetic nanowire (NW) and two ferromagnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-12-21 V. L. Mironov , O. L. Ermolaeva , E. V. Skorohodov , A. Yu. Klimov

The discovery that a spin polarized current can exert a large torque on a ferromagnet through a transfusion of spin angular momentum, offers a new way to control a magnetization by simple current injection, without the help of an applied…

Domain walls in ferromagnetic nanowires are potential building-blocks of future technologies such as racetrack memories, in which data encoded in the domain walls are transported using spin-polarised currents. However, the development of…

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