Domain walls within domain walls in wide ferromagnetic strips

Direct imaging of current-driven domain walls in ferromagnetic nanostripes

To better understand the response of domain walls to current-induced spin transfer torques, we have directly imaged the internal magnetic structure of domain walls in current-carrying ferromagnetic nanostripes. Domain wall images were acquired both while a constant current was flowing through the wire, and after applying current pulses. Domain walls ranging from vortex walls in wide 1 m wires t...

Stability of 2 π domain walls in ferromagnetic

Gabriel D. Chaves-O'Flynn, Daniel Bedau, Eric Vanden-Eijnden, A. D. Kent D. L. Stein Department of Physics, New York University, 4Washington Place, New York, New York 10003, USA and Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, New York, 10012 The stability of 2π domain walls in ferromagnetic nanorings is investigated via the calculation of the energy barrier that s...

Swift thermal steering of domain walls in ferromagnetic MnBi stripes

We predict a fast domain wall (DW) motion induced by a thermal gradient across a nanoscopic ferromagnetic stripe of MnBi. The driving mechanism is an exchange torque fueled by magnon accumulation at the DWs. Depending on the thickness of the sample, both hot-to-cold and cold-to-hot DW motion directions are possible. The finding unveils an energy efficient way to manipulate DWs as an essential e...

Dynamic Notch Pinning Fields for Domain Walls in Ferromagnetic Nanowires

Current-driven dynamics of domain walls constrained in ferromagnetic nanopillars

We investigate the effects of an electric current on the domain wall formed inside a cylindrical ferromagnetic nanopillar as a consequence of the pinning of the magnetization at its ends. We first present the results of three-dimensional and one-dimensional micromagnetic simulations and show that the system approaches a stationary equilibrium, where the domain wall is compressed in the directio...