Publication detail

Current-induced motion and pinning of domain walls in spin-valve nanowires studied by XMCD-PEEM

UHLÍŘ, V. PIZZINI, S. ROUGEMAILLE, N. NOVOTNÝ, J. CROS, V. JIMÉNEZ, E. FAINI, G. HEYNE, L. SIROTTI, F. TIEG, C. BENDOUNAN, A. MACCHEROZZI, F. BELKHOU, R. GROLLIER, J. ANANE, A. VOGEL, J.

Czech title

Proudem indukovaný pohyb a zachycení doménových stěn v nanodrátech na bázi spinového ventilu zkoumaných metodou XMCD-PEEM

English title

Current-induced motion and pinning of domain walls in spin-valve nanowires studied by XMCD-PEEM

Type

journal article - other

Language

en

Original abstract

Very large average velocities, up to 600 m/s, have been found for domain-wall motion driven by 3-ns-long pulses of electric current in zero magnetic field in the NiFe layer of 200-nm-wide NiFe/Cu/Co nanowires. For longer pulses, the domain-wall motion is strongly hindered by pinning potentials. Dipolar interactions between the NiFe and Co layers caused by anisotropy inhomogeneities have been identified as the most important among the different potential sources of DW pinning. The domain-wall velocities increase with current density, but a substantial drop is observed at current densities above 4.1011 A/m2.

Czech abstract

Článek se zabývá proudem indukovaným pohybem doménových stěn a jejich zachycením na defektech v nanodrátech na bázi spinového ventilu NiFe/Cu/Co. Výzkum byl proveden metodou XMCD-PEEM. Ve vrstvě NiFe byly pozorovány vysoké rychlosti doménových stěn, až 600 m/s, vyvolaných pulzy elektrického proudu o délce 3 ns v nulovém magnetickém poli. Během delších pulzů byly doménové stěny silně zachycovány v potenciálových jámách podél nanodrátu. Ty jsou zejména vyvolány dipolární interakcí mezi NiFe and Co vrstvami, což je způsobeno defekty v homogenitě magnetokrystalické anizotropie ve vrstvě Co. Rychlosti doménových stěn se zvyšují s proudovou hustotou, ale při hodnotách nad 4.1011 A/m2 dochází k jejich výraznému poklesu.

English abstract

Very large average velocities, up to 600 m/s, have been found for domain-wall motion driven by 3-ns-long pulses of electric current in zero magnetic field in the NiFe layer of 200-nm-wide NiFe/Cu/Co nanowires. For longer pulses, the domain-wall motion is strongly hindered by pinning potentials. Dipolar interactions between the NiFe and Co layers caused by anisotropy inhomogeneities have been identified as the most important among the different potential sources of DW pinning. The domain-wall velocities increase with current density, but a substantial drop is observed at current densities above 4.1011 A/m2.

Keywords in Czech

Doménová stěna; Spintronika, Spinový ventil, XMCD-PEEM

Keywords in English

Domaim wall; Spintronics, Spin-valve, XMCD-PEEM

RIV year

2010

Released

11.06.2010

ISSN

1098-0121

Volume

81

Number

22

Pages from–to

224418-1–224418-10

Pages count

10

BIBTEX


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  title="Current-induced motion and pinning of domain walls in spin-valve nanowires studied by XMCD-PEEM",
  year="2010",
  volume="81",
  number="22",
  month="June",
  pages="224418-1--224418-10",
  issn="1098-0121"
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