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We theoretically study field-induced domain wall (DW) motion in an electrically insulating ferromagnet with hard- and easy-axis anisotropies. DWs can propagate along a dissipationless wire through spin wave emission locked into the known…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-01-17 X. S. Wang , P. Yan , Y. H. Shen , G. E. W. Bauer , X. R. Wang

Domain wall (DW) motion is a crucial process involved in magnetization reversal, be it under magnetic field or spin-polarized current stimulus. In most cases DW speed does not exceed $\approx$100m/s and collapses above a given threshold of…

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

Cylindrical magnetic nanowires have been proposed as a means of storing and processing information in a 3D medium, based on the motion of domain walls~(DWs). Introducing short chemical modulations in such wires would allow for reliable…

Magnetic nano-objects possess great potential for more efficient data processing, storage and neuromorphic type of applications. Using high perpendicular magnetic anisotropy synthetic antiferromagnets in the form of multilayer-based…

There has been a plethora of studies on domain wall dynamics in magnetic nanostrips, mainly because of its versatile non-linear physics and potential applications in data storage devices. However, most of the studies focus on out-of-plane…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-07-27 Zhoujian Sun , Panpan Fang , Xinwei Shi , X. S. Wang , Fuxiang Li

Surface Acoustic Waves (SAW) have been used in spintronic applications to decrease the magnetic field or the electric current required to act on the magnetization. A common belief is that a SAW alone cannot achieve a directed magnetic…

We report on the direct observation of spin wave and elastic wave emission from magnetic domain walls in ferromagnetic thin films. Driven by alternating homogeneous magnetic fields the magnetic domain walls act as coherent magnetisation…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-06-08 Rasmus B. Holländer , Cai Müller , Jeffrey McCord

The dynamics of a multiferroic domain wall in which an electric field can couple to the magnetization via inhomogeneous magnetoelectric interaction is investigated by the collective-coordinate framework. We show how the electric field is…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-04-08 Hong-Bo Chen , Ye-Hua Liu , You-Quan Li

A method for deterministic control of the magnetic order parameter using an electrical stimulus is highly desired for the new generation of spintronic and magnetoelectronic devices. Much effort has been focused on magnetic domain-wall…

We investigate magnetic domain walls in a single fcc Mn layer on Re(0001) employing spin-polarized STM, atom manipulation, and spin dynamics simulations. The low symmetry of the row-wise antiferromagnetic (1Q) state leads to a new type of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-16 Jonas Spethmann , Martin Grünebohm , Roland Wiesendanger , Kirsten von Bergmann , André Kubetzka

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

We report on the controlled switching of domain wall (DW) magnetization in aligned stripe domain structures, stabilized in [Co (0.44 nm)/Pt (0.7 nm)]$_X$ ($X = 48$, 100, 150) multilayers with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. The switching…

We probe the current-induced magnetic switching of insulating antiferromagnet/heavy metals systems, by electrical spin Hall magnetoresistance measurements and direct imaging, identifying a reversal occurring by domain wall (DW) motion. We…

Quantum interference incorporating spatially asymmetric potential profiles is realized experimentally to manipulate a magnetic domain wall (DW) into a single multilayered wire whose spacer has a thickness gradient for generating…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Akinobu Yamaguchi , Tomoaki Kishimoto , Hideki Miyajima

The current-driven motion of magnetic domain walls (DWs) is the working principle of magnetic racetrack memories. In this type of spintronic technology, high current densities are used to propel DW motion in magnetic nanowires, causing…

Domain wall motion underpins emerging spintronic technologies, such as high-speed racetrack devices and THz logic, and accelerating walls quickly is a key challenge on the path to faster devices. Recent experimental advances introduced…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-26 P. Diona , S. Artyukhin , L. Maranzana

We develop the theory of magnetic domain wall motion in coupled double-layer systems where electrons can hop between the layers giving rise to an antiferromagnetic coupling. We demonstrate that the force from the interlayer coupling drives…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-01-26 Henri Saarikoski , Hiroshi Kohno , Christopher H. Marrows , Gen Tatara

We report first principle numerical study of domain wall (DW) depinning in two-dimensional magnetic film, which is modeled by 2D random-field Ising system with the dipole-dipole interaction. We observe nonconventional activation-type motion…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-01-20 Bin Xi , Meng-Bo Luo , Valerii M. Vinokur , Xiao Hu

Interface physics in oxide heterostructures is pivotal in material's science. Domain walls (DWs) in ferroic systems are examples of naturally occurring interfaces, where order parameter of neighboring domains is modified and emerging…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-10-08 Josep Fontcuberta , Vassil Skumryev , Vladimir Laukhin , Xavier Granados , Ekhard K. H. Salje