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We consider the spin torque induced by a current flowing ballistically through a magnetic domain wall. In addition to a global pressure in the direction of the electronic flow, the torque has an internal structure of comparable magnitude…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Xavier Waintal , Michel Viret

The relation between domain wall motion and intensity of driven current is examined in a phenomenological theory where the kinetic energy is expanded as a series of polynomial function of current density just as the Landau phase transition…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-01-06 Hao Yu

We analyze the dynamics of a domain wall in an easy-axis antiferromagnet driven by circularly polarized magnons. Magnons pass through a stationary domain wall without reflection and thus exert no force on it. However, they reverse their…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-09-10 Se Kwon Kim , Yaroslav Tserkovnyak , Oleg Tchernyshyov

A profound manifestation of topologically non-trivial states of matter is the occurrence of fractionally charged elementary excitations. The quantum spin Hall insulator state is a fundamentally novel quantum state of matter that exists at…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-10-04 Xiao-Liang Qi , Taylor L. Hughes , Shou-Cheng Zhang

An antiferromagnetic domain wall in a thermal gradient is found to experience a force towards colder regions upon the application of a uniform magnetic field along the easy axis. This force increases with the strength of the applied field…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-21 R. Yanes , M. Rodriguez Rosa , L. Lopez-Diaz

Spin-orbit coupling in ferromagnets gives rise to the anomalous Hall effect and the anisotropic magnetoresistance, both of which can be used to create spin-transfer torques in a similar manner as the spin Hall effect. In this paper we show…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-11-19 Tomohiro Taniguchi , J. Grollier , M. D. Stiles

We study the dynamics of a ferromagnetic domain wall driven by an external magnetic field through a disordered medium. The avalanche-like motion of the domain walls between pinned configurations produces a noise known as the Barkhausen…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 Stefano Zapperi , Pierre Cizeau , Gianfranco Durin , H. Eugene Stanley

We theoretically investigate emergent impedance induced by domain-wall dynamics in antiferromagnets. Emergent impedance, arising from a combined action of spin-transfer torque and spinmotive force, was previously predicted and observed in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-19 Yuta Yamane , Jotaro J. Nakane , Yasufumi Araki , Jun'ichi Ieda

Use of a spin polarized current for the manipulation of magnetic domain walls in ferromagnetic nanowires has been the subject of intensive research for many years. Recently, due to technological advancements, creating nano-contacts with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-08-10 Hamidreza Kazemi , Sebastian Eggert , Nicholas Sedlmayr

We demonstrate optical manipulation of the position of a domain wall in a dilute magnetic semiconductor, GaMnAsP. Two main contributions are identified. Firstly, photocarrier spin exerts a spin transfer torque on the magnetization via the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-06 A. J. Ramsay , P. E. Roy , J. A. Haigh , R. M. Otxoa , A. C. Irvine , T. Janda , R. P. Campion , B. L. Gallagher , J. Wunderlich

We consider a wire consisting of a conducting ferromagnetic layer and an insulating antiferromagnetic layer that are coupled. The ferromagnet hosts a domain wall, which is dynamically driven by a charge current. We show that for a specific…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-15 A. L. Bassant , R. A. Duine

A domain wall and spin supercurrent can coexist in magnets with easy-cone anisotropy owing to simultaneous spontaneous breaking of Z$_2$ and U(1) symmetries. Their interaction is theoretically investigated in quasi one-dimensional…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-12-28 Se Kwon Kim , Yaroslav Tserkovnyak

Due to the difficulty in detecting and manipulating magnetic states of antiferromagnetic materials, studying their switching dynamics using electrical methods remains a challenging task. In this work, by employing heavy metal/rare…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-01-03 Saima A Siddiqui , Jiahao Han , Joseph T Finley , Caroline A Ross , Luqiao Liu

A two-dimensional kagome lattice is theoretically investigated within a simple tight-binding model, which includes the nearest neighbor hopping term and the intrinsic spin-orbit interaction between the next nearest neighbors. By using the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-08-03 Zhigang Wang , Ping Zhang

We derive a phenomenological theory of current-induced staggered magnetization dynamics in antiferromagnets. The theory captures the reactive and dissipative current-induced torques and the conventional effects of magnetic fields and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-03-11 Kjetil M. D. Hals , Yaroslav Tserkovnyak , Arne Brataas

Magnetic topology and its associated emergent phenomena are central to realizing intriguing quantum states and spintronics functionalities. Designing spin textures to achieve strong and distinct electrical responses remains a significant…

Racetrack memory based on magnetic domain walls (DWs) motion exhibits advantages of small volume and high reading speed. When compared to current-induced DW motion, voltage-induced DW motion exhibits lower dissipation. On the other hand,…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-06-24 Fa Chen , Zhendong Zhang , Wei Luo , Xiaofei Yang , Long You , Yue Zhang

The effective spin pressure induced by an electric current on a domain wall in a ferromagnet is determined using a simple classical model, which allows us to extend previous theories to arbitrary domain wall widths. In particular, the role…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-25 A. Vanhaverbeke , M. Viret

Atomically thin two-dimensional layer of honeycomb crystalline carbon known as graphene is a promising system for electronics. It has a point-like Fermi surface, which is very sensitive to external potentials. In particular, Zeeman magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-11-18 M. Khodas , I. A. Zaliznyak , D. E. Kharzeev

The dynamic motion of topological defects in magnets induces an emergent electric field, as exemplified by the continuous flow of skyrmion vortices. However, the electrodynamics underlying this emergent field remains poorly understood. In…