Depinning transition of a domain wall in ferromagnetic films
Abstract
We report first principle numerical study of domain wall (DW) depinning in two-dimensional magnetic film, which is modeled by 2D random-field Ising system with the dipole-dipole interaction. We observe nonconventional activation-type motion of DW and reveal the fractal structure of DW near the depinning transition. We determine scaling functions describing critical dynamics near the transition and obtain universal exponents establishing connection between thermal softening of pinning potential and critical dynamics. We observe that tuning the strength of the dipole-dipole interaction switches DW dynamics between two different universality classes, corresponding to two distinct dynamic regimes characterized by non-Arrhenius and conventional Arrhenius-type DW motions.
- Authors:
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- National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba (Japan)
- Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Materials Sciences and Engineering Division
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1221987
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1356362
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Scientific Reports
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; ferromagnetism; phase transition and critical phenomena
Citation Formats
Xi, Bin, Luo, Meng -Bo, Vinokur, Valerii M., and Hu, Xiao. Depinning transition of a domain wall in ferromagnetic films. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1038/srep14062.
Xi, Bin, Luo, Meng -Bo, Vinokur, Valerii M., & Hu, Xiao. Depinning transition of a domain wall in ferromagnetic films. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep14062
Xi, Bin, Luo, Meng -Bo, Vinokur, Valerii M., and Hu, Xiao. Mon .
"Depinning transition of a domain wall in ferromagnetic films". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep14062. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1221987.
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abstractNote = {We report first principle numerical study of domain wall (DW) depinning in two-dimensional magnetic film, which is modeled by 2D random-field Ising system with the dipole-dipole interaction. We observe nonconventional activation-type motion of DW and reveal the fractal structure of DW near the depinning transition. We determine scaling functions describing critical dynamics near the transition and obtain universal exponents establishing connection between thermal softening of pinning potential and critical dynamics. We observe that tuning the strength of the dipole-dipole interaction switches DW dynamics between two different universality classes, corresponding to two distinct dynamic regimes characterized by non-Arrhenius and conventional Arrhenius-type DW motions.},
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