Ultrafast dynamics of a magnetic antivortex: Micromagnetic simulations
- 29 February 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 77 (6), 060404
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.77.060404
Abstract
The antivortex is a fundamental magnetization structure which is the topological counterpart of the well-known magnetic vortex. We study here the ultrafast dynamic behavior of an isolated antivortex in a patterned Permalloy thin-film element. Using micromagnetic simulations we predict that the antivortex response to an ultrashort external field pulse is characterized by the production of an additional antivortex as well as of a temporary vortex, followed by an annihilation process. These processes are complementary to the recently reported response of a vortex and, similar to the vortex, lead to the reversal of the orientation of the antivortex core region. In addition to its fundamental interest, this dynamic magnetization process could be used for the generation and propagation of spin waves for future logical circuits.Keywords
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