Magnetic vortex nucleation modes in static magnetic fields
Abstract
The magnetic vortex nucleation process in nanometer- and micrometer-sized magnetic disks undergoes several phases with distinct spin configurations called the nucleation states. Before formation of the final vortex state, small submicron disks typically proceed through the so-called C-state while the larger micron-sized disks proceed through the more complicated vortex-pair state or the buckling state. This work classifies the nucleation states using micromagnetic simulations and provides evidence for the stability of vortex-pair and buckling states in static magnetic fields using magnetic imaging techniques and electrical transport measurements. Lorentz Transmission Electron Microscopy and Magnetic Transmission X-ray Microscopy are employed to reveal the details of spin configuration in each of the nucleation states. We further show that it is possible to unambiguously identify these states by electrical measurements via the anisotropic magnetoresistance effect. Combination of the electrical transport and magnetic imaging techniques confirms stability of a vortex-antivortex-vortex spin configuration which emerges from the buckling state in static magnetic fields.
- Authors:
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- Brno Univ. of Technology, Brno (Czech Republic)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); DGIST, Daegu (Korea)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1421813
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1396307
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- AIP Advances
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 7; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 2158-3226
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
Citation Formats
Vanatka, Marek, Urbanek, Michal, Jira, Roman, Flajsman, Lukas, Dhankhar, Meena, Im, Mi -Young, Michalicka, Jan, Uhlir, Vojtech, and Sikola, Tomas. Magnetic vortex nucleation modes in static magnetic fields. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.5006235.
Vanatka, Marek, Urbanek, Michal, Jira, Roman, Flajsman, Lukas, Dhankhar, Meena, Im, Mi -Young, Michalicka, Jan, Uhlir, Vojtech, & Sikola, Tomas. Magnetic vortex nucleation modes in static magnetic fields. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5006235
Vanatka, Marek, Urbanek, Michal, Jira, Roman, Flajsman, Lukas, Dhankhar, Meena, Im, Mi -Young, Michalicka, Jan, Uhlir, Vojtech, and Sikola, Tomas. Tue .
"Magnetic vortex nucleation modes in static magnetic fields". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5006235. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1421813.
@article{osti_1421813,
title = {Magnetic vortex nucleation modes in static magnetic fields},
author = {Vanatka, Marek and Urbanek, Michal and Jira, Roman and Flajsman, Lukas and Dhankhar, Meena and Im, Mi -Young and Michalicka, Jan and Uhlir, Vojtech and Sikola, Tomas},
abstractNote = {The magnetic vortex nucleation process in nanometer- and micrometer-sized magnetic disks undergoes several phases with distinct spin configurations called the nucleation states. Before formation of the final vortex state, small submicron disks typically proceed through the so-called C-state while the larger micron-sized disks proceed through the more complicated vortex-pair state or the buckling state. This work classifies the nucleation states using micromagnetic simulations and provides evidence for the stability of vortex-pair and buckling states in static magnetic fields using magnetic imaging techniques and electrical transport measurements. Lorentz Transmission Electron Microscopy and Magnetic Transmission X-ray Microscopy are employed to reveal the details of spin configuration in each of the nucleation states. We further show that it is possible to unambiguously identify these states by electrical measurements via the anisotropic magnetoresistance effect. Combination of the electrical transport and magnetic imaging techniques confirms stability of a vortex-antivortex-vortex spin configuration which emerges from the buckling state in static magnetic fields.},
doi = {10.1063/1.5006235},
journal = {AIP Advances},
number = 10,
volume = 7,
place = {United States},
year = {2017},
month = {10}
}
Web of Science
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