Stochastic formation of magnetic vortex structures in asymmetric disks triggered by chaotic dynamics
Abstract
The non-trivial spin configuration in a magnetic vortex is a prototype for fundamental studies of nanoscale spin behaviour with potential applications in magnetic information technologies. Arrays of magnetic vortices interfacing with perpendicular thin films have recently been proposed as enabler for skyrmionic structures at room temperature, which has opened exciting perspectives on practical applications of skyrmions. An important milestone for achieving not only such skyrmion materials but also general applications of magnetic vortices is a reliable control of vortex structures. However, controlling magnetic processes is hampered by stochastic behaviour, which is associated with thermal fluctuations in general. Here we show that the dynamics in the initial stages of vortex formation on an ultrafast timescale plays a dominating role for the stochastic behaviour observed at steady state. Our results show that the intrinsic stochastic nature of vortex creation can be controlled by adjusting the interdisk distance in asymmetric disk arrays.
- Authors:
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Daegu Gyeongbuk Inst. of Science and Technology, Daegu (Korea)
- Ulsan National Inst. of Science and Technology, Ulsan (Korea)
- Univ. of Hamburg (Germany)
- Daegu Gyeongbuk Inst. of Science and Technology, Daegu (Korea)
- Univ. of Hamburg (Germany); Max Planck Inst. for Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg (Germany)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1167390
- Report Number(s):
- LBNL-6890E
Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nature Communications
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Citation Formats
Im, Mi-Young, Lee, Ki-Suk, Vogel, Andreas, Hong, Jung-Il, Meier, Guido, and Fischer, Peter. Stochastic formation of magnetic vortex structures in asymmetric disks triggered by chaotic dynamics. United States: N. p., 2014.
Web. doi:10.1038/ncomms6620.
Im, Mi-Young, Lee, Ki-Suk, Vogel, Andreas, Hong, Jung-Il, Meier, Guido, & Fischer, Peter. Stochastic formation of magnetic vortex structures in asymmetric disks triggered by chaotic dynamics. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms6620
Im, Mi-Young, Lee, Ki-Suk, Vogel, Andreas, Hong, Jung-Il, Meier, Guido, and Fischer, Peter. Wed .
"Stochastic formation of magnetic vortex structures in asymmetric disks triggered by chaotic dynamics". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms6620. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1167390.
@article{osti_1167390,
title = {Stochastic formation of magnetic vortex structures in asymmetric disks triggered by chaotic dynamics},
author = {Im, Mi-Young and Lee, Ki-Suk and Vogel, Andreas and Hong, Jung-Il and Meier, Guido and Fischer, Peter},
abstractNote = {The non-trivial spin configuration in a magnetic vortex is a prototype for fundamental studies of nanoscale spin behaviour with potential applications in magnetic information technologies. Arrays of magnetic vortices interfacing with perpendicular thin films have recently been proposed as enabler for skyrmionic structures at room temperature, which has opened exciting perspectives on practical applications of skyrmions. An important milestone for achieving not only such skyrmion materials but also general applications of magnetic vortices is a reliable control of vortex structures. However, controlling magnetic processes is hampered by stochastic behaviour, which is associated with thermal fluctuations in general. Here we show that the dynamics in the initial stages of vortex formation on an ultrafast timescale plays a dominating role for the stochastic behaviour observed at steady state. Our results show that the intrinsic stochastic nature of vortex creation can be controlled by adjusting the interdisk distance in asymmetric disk arrays.},
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year = {Wed Dec 17 00:00:00 EST 2014},
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