Dependence of Magnetic Domain-Wall Motion on a Fast Changing Current
- 6 November 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 103 (19), 197204
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.103.197204
Abstract
A dependence of current-induced domain-wall motion in nanowires on the temporal shape of current pulses is observed. The results show that the motion of the wall is amplified for alterations of the current on a time scale smaller than the intrinsic time scale of the domain wall which is a few nanoseconds in permalloy. This effect arises from an additional force on the wall by the spin-transfer torque due to a fast changing current and improves the efficiency of domain-wall motion. The observations provide an understanding for the efficient domain-wall motion with nanosecond current pulses.This publication has 25 references indexed in Scilit:
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