Domain wall displacement by remote spin-current injection

We demonstrate numerically the ability to displace a magnetic domain wall (DW) by remote spin current injection. We consider a long and narrow magnetic nanostripe with a single DW. The spin-polarized current is injected perpendicularly to the film plane through a small nanocontact which is located a...

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Main Authors: Skirdkov, P. N., Zvezdin, K. A., Belanovsky, A. D., Grollier, J., Cros, V., Ross, Caroline A., Zvezdin, A. K.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
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Language:en_US
Published: American Institute of Physics 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/92038
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2262-1249
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author Skirdkov, P. N.
Zvezdin, K. A.
Belanovsky, A. D.
Grollier, J.
Cros, V.
Ross, Caroline A.
Zvezdin, A. K.
author2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
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Skirdkov, P. N.
Zvezdin, K. A.
Belanovsky, A. D.
Grollier, J.
Cros, V.
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description We demonstrate numerically the ability to displace a magnetic domain wall (DW) by remote spin current injection. We consider a long and narrow magnetic nanostripe with a single DW. The spin-polarized current is injected perpendicularly to the film plane through a small nanocontact which is located at certain distance from the DW initial position. We show that the DW motion can be initiated not only by conventional spin-transfer torque but also by indirect spin-torque, created by remote spin-current injection and then transferred to the DW by the exchange-spring mechanism. An analytical description of this effect is proposed.
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spelling mit-1721.1/920382022-10-01T13:51:30Z Domain wall displacement by remote spin-current injection Skirdkov, P. N. Zvezdin, K. A. Belanovsky, A. D. Grollier, J. Cros, V. Ross, Caroline A. Zvezdin, A. K. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering Ross, Caroline A. We demonstrate numerically the ability to displace a magnetic domain wall (DW) by remote spin current injection. We consider a long and narrow magnetic nanostripe with a single DW. The spin-polarized current is injected perpendicularly to the film plane through a small nanocontact which is located at certain distance from the DW initial position. We show that the DW motion can be initiated not only by conventional spin-transfer torque but also by indirect spin-torque, created by remote spin-current injection and then transferred to the DW by the exchange-spring mechanism. An analytical description of this effect is proposed. Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR 12-02-01187) Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR 14-02-31781) Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology Dynasty Foundation 2014-12-05T19:12:00Z 2014-12-05T19:12:00Z 2014-06 2014-04 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0003-6951 1077-3118 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/92038 Skirdkov, P. N., K. A. Zvezdin, A. D. Belanovsky, J. Grollier, V. Cros, C. A. Ross, and A. K. Zvezdin. “Domain Wall Displacement by Remote Spin-Current Injection.” Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, no. 24 (June 16, 2014): 242401. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2262-1249 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4883740 Applied Physics Letters Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf American Institute of Physics arXiv
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Ross, Caroline A.
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Domain wall displacement by remote spin-current injection
title Domain wall displacement by remote spin-current injection
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title_fullStr Domain wall displacement by remote spin-current injection
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title_short Domain wall displacement by remote spin-current injection
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