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The charge and spin diffusion equations taking into account spin-flip and spin-transfer torque were numerically solved using a finite element method in complex non-collinear geometry with strongly inhomogeneous current flow. As an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-07-14 N. Strelkov , A. Vedyayev , N. Ryzhanova , D. Gusakova , L. D. Buda-Prejbeanu , M. Chshiev , S. Amara , N. de Mestier , C. Baraduc , B. Dieny

We present evidence of magnetically controlled guided vortex motion in a hybrid superconductor/ferromagnet nanosystem consisting of an Al film on top of a square array of permalloy square rings. When the rings are magnetized with an…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 N. Verellen , A. V. Silhanek , V. Metlushko , W. Gillijns , F. Gozzini , B. Ilic , V. V. Moshchalkov

We demonstrate magnetic switching between two $360^\circ$ domain wall vortex states in cobalt nanorings, which are candidate magnetic states for robust and low power MRAM devices. These $360^\circ$ domain wall (DW) or "twisted onion" states…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-28 Nihar R. Pradhan , Abigail Licht , Yihan Li , Yineng Sun , Mark T. Tuominen , Katherine E. Aidala

We investigate the dynamics of two coupled vortices driven by spin transfer. We are able to independently control with current and perpendicular field, and to detect, the respective chiralities and polarities of the two vortices. For…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-18 N. Locatelli , V. V. Naletov , J. Grollier , G. de Loubens , V. Cros , C. Deranlot , C. Ulysse , G. Faini , O. Klein , A. Fert

This study conducts a comprehensive investigation into the reversal mechanism of magnetic vortex cores in a nanopillar system composed of two coupled ferromagnetic dots under zero magnetic field conditions. The research employs a…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-02-24 A. Hamadeh , A. Koujok , S. Perna , D. R. Rodrigues , A. Riveros , V. Lomakin , G. Finocchio , G. de Loubens , O. Klein , P. Pirro

A nonlinear model of spin-wave excitation involving a point contact in a thin ferromagnetic film that includes the Oersted magnetic field contribution is presented. We consider the case of an external dc field applied perpendicular to the…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 M. A. Hoefer , T. J. Silva

We study theoretically the detection and possible utilization of electric current-induced mechanical torques in ferromagnetic-normal metal heterostructures that are generated by spin-flip scattering or the absorption of transverse spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-01-01 Alexey A. Kovalev , Gerrit E. W. Bauer , Arne Brataas

Micron-sized magnetic platelets in the flux closed vortex state are characterized by an in-plane curling magnetization and a nanometer-sized perpendicularly magnetized vortex core. Having the simplest non-trivial configuration, these…

Nanopillar spin valve devices are typically comprised of two ferromagnetic layers: a reference layer and a free layer whose magnetic orientation can be changed by both an external magnetic field and through the introduction of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-07-04 Richard Choi , J. A. Katine , Stephane Mangin , Eric E. Fullerton

The induced motion of a magnetic vortex in a micron-sized ferromagnetic disk due to the DC current injection is studied by measuring planar Hall effect. The DC current injection is found to induce the spin torque that sweeps the vortex out…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 T. Ishida , T. Kimura , Y. Otani

We study a vortex in a nanostripe of an antiferromagnet with easy-plane anisotropy and interfacial Dzyloshinskii-Moriya interaction. The vortex has hybrid chirality being N\'eel close to its center and Bloch away from it. Propagating…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-02-03 Riccardo Tomasello , Stavros Komineas

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

In the present study, we investigate a dynamical mode beyond the gyrotropic (G) motion of a magnetic vortex core in a confined magnetic disk of a nano-pillar spin torque nano oscillator. It is characterized by the in-plane circular…

Type-II superconductors exhibit hysteretic behavior due to the presence of quantum vortices, and the order in which temperature and external field are varied plays a decisive role. Here we take current, rather than magnetic field, as the…

Micromagnetic simulations are used to study a spin-torque vortex oscillator excited by an out-of-plane dc current. The vortex core gyration amplitude is confined between two orbits due to periodical vortex core polarity reversals. The upper…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-12-31 Chloé Chopin , Simon de Wergifosse , Anatole Moureaux , Flavio Abreu Araujo

We report the observation and micromagnetic analysis of current-driven magnetization switching in nanoscale ring-shaped magnetic tunnel junctions. When the electric current density exceeds a critical value of the order of $6\times…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 Hong-Xiang Wei , Jiexuan He , Zhen-Chao Wen , Xiu-Feng Han , Wen-Shan Zhan , Shufeng Zhang

We provide evidence for the effects of spin polarized current on a nanofabricated antiferromagnet incorporated into a spin-valve structure. Signatures of current-induced effects include bipolar steps in differential resistance,…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 Sergei Urazhdin , Nicholas Anthony

We study a nonlinear spin dynamics of a ferromagnetic ring in a vortex state induced by the spin-polarized current. We also suggest to use the ferromagnetic ring as a free layer of a coreless vortex spin-transfer nano-oscillator. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-12-08 Vera Uzunova , Boris A. Ivanov

We present an ultrafast route for a controlled, toggle switching of magnetic vortex cores with ultrashort unipolar magnetic field pulses. The switching process is found to be largely insensitive to extrinsic parameters, like sample size and…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Hertel , S. Gliga , M. Fähnle , C. M. Schneider

The bistability of the core magnetization of nano-scaled magnets with a magnetic vortex configuration has great potential for data storage applications. To exploit this, reliable switching between the two possible states is needed. Time…