Walker Breakdown with a Twist: Dynamics of Multilayer Domain Walls and Skyrmions Driven by Spin-Orbit Torque
Journal Article
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· Physical Review Applied
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); OSTI
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Current-induced dynamics of twisted domain walls and skyrmions in ferromagnetic perpendicularly magnetized multilayers is studied through three-dimensional micromagnetic simulations and analytical modeling. In this work, it is shown that such systems generally exhibit a Walker-breakdown-like phenomenon in the presence of a current-induced dampinglike spin-orbit torque. Above a critical current threshold, corresponding to typical velocities of the order of tens of m/s, domain walls in some layers start to precess with frequencies in the gigahertz regime, which leads to oscillatory motion and a significant drop in mobility. This phenomenon originates from complex stray field interactions and occurs for a wide range of multilayer materials and structures that include at least three ferromagnetic layers and finite Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction. An analytical model is developed to describe the precessional dynamics in multilayers with surface-volume stray field interactions, yielding qualitative agreement with micromagnetic simulations.
- Research Organization:
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0012371
- OSTI ID:
- 1802330
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review Applied, Journal Name: Physical Review Applied Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 12; ISSN 2331-7019
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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