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We theoretically study the current-induced dynamics of a domain wall in a ferromagnetic nanotube by developing a theory for the orbital angular momentum of a domain wall and the current-induced torque on it. Specifically, a domain wall with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-10-13 Seungho Lee , Se Kwon Kim

In this work, we investigated the spin dynamics in a slab of chiral magnets induced by an alternating (ac) spin current. Periodic trajectories of the skyrmion in real space are discovered under the ac current as a result of the Magnus and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-12-07 Rui Zhu , Yin-Yan Zhang

Thermal fluctuations of nanomagnets driven by spin-polarized currents are treated via the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation generalized to include both the random thermal noise field and the Slonczewski spin-transfer torque term. By…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-10-09 Y. P. Kalmykov , W. T. Coffey , S. V. Titov , J. E. Wegrowe , D. Byrne

The length scale of the magnetization gradients in chiral magnets is determined by the relativistic Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction. Thus, even conventional spin-transfer torques are controlled by the relativistic spin-orbit coupling in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-03-05 Kjetil M. D. Hals , Arne Brataas

Electron spin-momentum locking together with background magnetic textures can significantly alter the electron transport properties. We theoretically investigate the electron transport at the interface between a topological insulator and a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-10-13 Yasufumi Araki , Kentaro Nomura

We calculated the main dynamic parameters of the spin polarized current induced magnetic vortex oscillations in nanopillars, such as the range of current density, where a vortex steady oscillations exist, the oscillation frequency and orbit…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-12-31 Konstantin Y. Guslienko , Gloria R. Aranda , Julian M. Gonzalez

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 propose that topological spin currents flowing in topologically non-trivial magnetic textures, such as magnetic skyrmions and vortices, produce an intrinsic non-adiabatic torque of the form ${\bf T}_t\sim [(\partial_x{\bf…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-03-08 Collins Ashu Akosa , Papa Birame Ndiaye , Aurélien Manchon

The dynamics of magnetic skyrmion driven by spin-polarized current is theoretically studied in the chiral ferromagnetic film with spatially modulated Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction. Three cases including linear, sinusoidal, and periodic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-01-09 Liping Zhou , Ren Qin , Ya-qing Zheng , Yong Wang

Using multiple scattering theory, we show that the generally accepted expression of transverse resistivity in magnetic systems that host skyrmions, given by the linear superposition of the ordinary (OHE), the anomalous (AHE) and the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-04-21 Juba Bouaziz , Hiroshi Ishida , Samir Lounis , Stefan Blügel

Structure of the spin-orbit coupling varies from material to material and thus finding the correct spin-orbit coupling structure is an important step towards advanced spintronic applications. We show theoretically that the curvature in a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-09-14 Jae-Seung Jeong , Hyun-Woo Lee

Magnetic skyrmions are chiral spin textures that hold great promise as nanoscale information carriers. Since their first observation at room temperature, progress has been made in their current-induced manipulation, with fast motion…

Spin-transfer torque and current induced spin dynamics in spin-valve nanopillars with the free magnetic layer located between two magnetic films of fixed magnetic moments is considered theoretically. The spin-transfer torque in the limit of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-04-12 Pavel Balaz , Martin Gmitra , Jozef Barnas

We report a theoretical overview of the magnetic domain wall behavior under an electric current in infinitely-long nanotubes with azimuthal magnetization, combining the $1$D analytic model and micromagnetic simulations. We highlight effects…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-01-27 Jérôme Hurst , Arnaud De Riz , Staňo , Jean-Christophe Toussaint , Olivier Fruchart , Daria Gusakova

In order to explain recent experiments reporting a motion of magnetic domain walls (DW) in nanowires carrying a current, we propose a modification of the spin transfer torque term in the Landau-Lifchitz-Gilbert equation. We show that it…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-24 A. Thiaville , Y. Nakatani , J. Miltat , Y Suzuki

Curvilinear nanomagnets can support magnetic skyrmions stabilized at a local curvature without any intrinsic chiral interactions. Here, we propose a new mechanism to stabilize chiral N\'{e}el skyrmion states relying on the \textit{gradient}…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-01-02 Oleksandr V. Pylypovskyi , Denys Makarov , Volodymyr P. Kravchuk , Yuri Gaididei , Avadh Saxena , Denis D. Sheka

Spin-transfer torques occur in magnetic heterostructures because the transverse component of a spin current that flows from a non-magnet into a ferromagnet is absorbed at the interface. We demonstrate this fact explicitly using free…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-07 M. D. Stiles , A. Zangwill

The magnetic field-driven evolution of chiral spin textures in thin helimagnet nanodisk with varied size are investigated by means of Monte Carlo simulation. It is demonstrated that the complex spin texture may simply be regarded as the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-02-05 Haifeng Du , Wei Ning , Mingliang Tian , Yuheng Zhang

In bilayer nanowires consisting of a ferromagnetic layer and a non-magnetic layer with strong spin-orbit coupling, currents create torques on the magnetization beyond those found in simple ferromagnetic nanowires. The resulting magnetic…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-12 Paul M. Haney , Hyun-Woo Lee , Kyung-Jin Lee , Aurélien Manchon , M. D. Stiles

We consider a small itinerant ferromagnet exposed to an external magnetic field and strongly driven by a thermally induced spin current. For this model, we derive the quasi-classical equations of motion for the magnetization where the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-01-30 Tim Ludwig , Igor S. Burmistrov , Yuval Gefen , Alexander Shnirman