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We show that a slowly decaying current pulse can lead to nearly deterministic precessional switching in the presence of noise. We consider a biaxial macrospin, with an easy axis in the plane and a hard axis out-of-the plane, typical of thin…

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The competition between shape and perpendicular magnetic anisotropies (PMA) in magnetic thin films gives rise to unusual magnetic behaviors. In ferromagnetic films with moderate PMA the magnetic domain configuration transitions from planar…

We consider the general Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert (LLG) dynamical theory underlying the magnetization switching rates of a thin film uniaxial magnet subject to spin-torque effects and thermal fluctuations (thermal noise). After discussing the…

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We study magnetization reversal in a $\varphi_0$ Josephson junction with direct coupling between magnetic moment and Josephson current. Our simulations of magnetic moment dynamics show that by applying an electric current pulse, we can…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-05-24 Yu. M. Shukrinov , I. R. Rahmonov , K. Sengupta , A. Buzdin

The mechanisms of the magnetization switching of magnetic multilayers driven by a current are studied by including exchange interaction between local moments and spin accumulation of conduction electrons. It is found that this exchange…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-07 S. Zhang , P. M. Levy , A. Fert

The current induced magnetization reversal in nanoscale spin valves is a potential alternative to magnetic field switching in magnetic memory devices. We show that the critical switching current can be decreased by an order of magnitude by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Jan Manschot , Arne Brataas , Gerrit E. W. Bauer

The dynamic process of assisted magnetic switchins has been simulated to investigate the associated physics. The model uses a Voronoi construction to determine the physical structure of the nano granular thin film recording media; and the…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-05-21 Lewis J. Atkinson , Richard F. L. Evans , Roy W. Chantrell

Capacitance of a nanoscale system is usually thought of having two contributions, a classical electrostatic contribution and a quantum contribution dependent on the density of states and/or molecular orbitals close to the Fermi energy. In…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 Yu-Ning Wu , Xiao-Guang Zhang , Hai-Ping Cheng

We study analytically the precessional switching of the magnetization of a thin macrospin. We analyze its response when subjected to an external field along its in-plane hard axis. We derive the exact trajectories of the magnetization. The…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-10 T. Devolder , C. Chappert

The influence of surface anisotropy on the magnetization processes of maghemite nanoparticles with ellipsoidal shape is studied by means of Monte Carlo simulations. Radial surface anisotropy is found to favor the formation of hedgehog-like…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 Oscar Iglesias , Amilcar Labarta

We study the far-from-equilibrium properties of quenched magnetic nanoscopic classical spin systems. In particular, we focus on the interplay between lattice vibrations and magnetic frustrations induced by surface effects typical of an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-01-01 Carla Lupo , Cedric Weber

Measurements of magnetic hysteresis loops in single Co nanoparticles at dilution refrigerator temperatures are presented. The nanoparticles are in electric contact with bulk Al leads via tunnel junctions. The tunnel current versus magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-07-10 F. Tijiwa Birk , W. Jiang , D. Davidović

We study, both analytically and numerically, the phenomenon of energy dissipation in single-domain ferromagnetic nanoparticles driven by an alternating magnetic field. Our interest is focused on the power loss resulting from the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-02-27 T. V. Lyutyy , S. I. Denisov , A. Yu. Peletskyi , C. Binns

The dynamical equation of the magnetization has been reconsidered with enlarging the phase space of the ferromagnetic degrees of freedom to the angular momentum. The generalized Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation that includes inertial terms,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 M. -C. Ciornei , J. M. Rubí , J. -E. Wegrowe

Using numerical simulation we have studied a magnetization distribution and a process of magnetization reversal in nanoscale magnets placed above a superconductor plane. In order to consider an influence of superconductor on magnetization…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 A. A. Fraerman , I. R. Karetnikova , I. M. Nefedov , I. A. Shereshevskii , M. A. Silaev

Within the framework of the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation, using permalloy parameters, we study the statics and dynamics of flat circular magnetic nano-structures with an in-plane magnetic vortex configuration, putting particular…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-07 R. Höllinger , A. Killinger , U. Krey

We consider a multiscale strategy addressing the disparate scales in the Landau-Lifschitz equations in micro-magnetism. At the microscopic scale, the dynamics of magnetic moments are driven by a high frequency field. On the macroscopic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-03-16 Doghonay Arjmand , Stefan Engblom , Gunilla Kreiss

We have observed distinct temperature-dependent magnetization reversal modes in a perpendicular (Co/Pd)4/Co/Cu/(Co/Ni)4/Co pseudo-spin-valve, which are correlated with spin-transport properties. At 300 K, magnetization reversal occurs by…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-07-12 J. E. Davies , D. A. Gilbert , S. M. Mohseni , R. K. Dumas , J. Åkerman , Kai Liu

We demonstrate deterministic, field-free magnetization reversal of a single-domain nanomagnet within 300 ps under a current density of $3 \times 10^{10}~\mathrm{A/m^2}$ by coupling reinforcement learning (RL) to the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-15 Yuta Igarashi , Junji Fujimoto

Understanding the stability of thin film nanomagnets with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) against thermally induced magnetization reversal is important when designing perpendicularly magnetized patterned media and magnetic random…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-20 Gabriel D. Chaves-OFlynn , Eric Vanden-Eijnden , D. L. Stein , A. D. Kent