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In this paper, we study the domain wall motion induced by vertical current flow in asymmetric magnetic tunnel junctions. The domain wall motion in the free layer is mainly dictated by the current-induced field-like torque acting on it. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-02-09 S. Liu , D. J. P. de Sousa , M. Sammon , J. P. Wang , Tony Low

Modulation of magnetization in magnetic Weyl semimetals leads to the shift of Weyl points in momentum space, which effectively serves as the chirality-dependent gauge field for the Weyl fermions. Here, we theoretically study such a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-08-12 Akihiro Ozawa , Yasufumi Araki , Kentaro Nomura

The Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) has been shown to stabilise Ne\'{e}l domain walls in magnetic thin films, allowing high domain wall velocities driven by spin current effects. DMI occurs at the interface between ferromagnetic and…

The nonreciprocal propagation of spin waves (SWs) offers opportunities for developing novel functional magnonic logic devices, where controllability is crucial for magnetic signal processing. Domain walls act as natural waveguides due to…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-07-30 Tingting Liu , Shuhong Li , Yunlong Liu , Shuchao Qin , Yang Liu , Wenjun Wang , Minghui Qin

Magnetic torques generated through spin-orbit coupling promise energy-efficient spintronic devices. It is important for applications to control these torques so that they switch films with perpendicular magnetizations without an external…

The interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) is important for chiral domain walls (DWs) and for stabilizing magnetic skyrmions. We study the effects of introducing increasing thicknesses of Ir, from zero to 2 nm, into a Pt/Co/Ta…

Electrical current-induced deterministic magnetization switching in a magnetic multilayer structure without external magnetic field is realized by utilizing interlayer exchange coupling. Two ferromagnetic Co layers, with in-plane and…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-04-04 Yu Sheng , Kevin William Edmonds , Xingqiao Ma , Houzhi Zheng , Kaiyou Wang

Current-induced domain wall (DW) motion has drawn great attention in the last decades as the key operational principle of emerging magnetic memory devices. As the major driving force of the current-induced DW motion, the spin-orbit torque…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-04-26 Soong-Geun Je , Sang-Cheol Yoo , Joo-Sung Kim , Joon Moon , Byoung-Chul Min , Sug-Bong Choe

This review describes in detail the essential techniques used in microscopic theories on spintronics. We have investigated the domain wall dynamics induced by electric current based on the $s$-$d$ exchange model. The domain wall is treated…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-11-07 Gen Tatara , Hiroshi Kohno , Junya Shibata

Domain wall propagation in cylindrical nanowires with modulations of diameter is a key phenomenon to design physics-oriented devices, or a disruptive three-dimensional magnetic memory. This chapter presents a combination of analytical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-06-16 A. De Riz , B. Trapp , J. A. Fernandez-Roldan , Ch. Thirion , J. -Ch. Toussaint , O. Fruchart , D. Gusakova

Electrons which are slowly moving through chiral magnetic textures can effectively be described as if they where influenced by electromagnetic fields emerging from the real-space topology. This adiabatic viewpoint has been very successful…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-10-23 Fabian R. Lux , Frank Freimuth , Stefan Blügel , Yuriy Mokrousov

Domain wall memories have undergone several changes over the years for faster shift, read, and write operations; however, fundamental issues persist due to creating pinning sites topographically along the nanowire. The deformity in notches…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2025-10-14 Arifa Hoque , Sanjukta Bhanja

We study a junction of a topological insulator with a thin two-dimensional (2D) non-magnetic or partially polarized ferromagnetic metallic film deposited on a 3D insulator. We show that such a junction leads to a finite spin current…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-10-29 S. Modak , K. Sengupta , Diptiman Sen

Curvilinear geometries in magnetic nanostructures provide a unique platform for exploring the interplay of symmetry, topology, and curvature in magnetization dynamics. In this work, we analytically study the static and dynamic properties of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-05-20 Kostiantyn V. Yershov , Svitlana Kondovych , Denis D. Sheka

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…

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

The domain wall motion in a magnetic nanowire is examined theoretically in the regime where the domain wall driving force is weak and its competition against disorders is assisted by thermal agitations. Two types of driving forces are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-10-06 Jisu Ryu , Sug-Bong Choe , Hyun-Woo Lee

The current-induced spin polarization and momentum-dependent spin-orbit field were measured in In$_{x}$Ga$_{1-x}$As epilayers with varying indium concentrations and silicon doping densities. Samples with higher indium concentrations and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-11-22 M. Luengo-Kovac , S. Huang , D. Del Gaudio , J. Occena , R. S. Goldman , R. Raimondi , V. Sih

Realising the promise of next-generation magnetic nanotechnologies is contingent on the development of novel methods for controlling magnetic states at the nanoscale. There is currently demand for simple and flexible techniques to access…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-22 J. C. Gartside , D. M. Burn , L. F. Cohen , W. R. Branford

The stabilization of chiral magnetic spin-structures in thin films is often attributed to the interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI). Very recently, however, it has been reported that the chirality induced by the DMI can be…