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Current induced domain wall dynamics in the presence of a transverse magnetic field in out-of-plane magnetized materials

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 Added by Olivier Boulle
 Publication date 2012
  fields Physics
and research's language is English




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An analytical model was developped to describe the current induced DW dynamics of a Bloch DW in the presence of an external transverse magnetic field. The model takes into account the DW deformation and the magnetization tilting in the domain. The model is compared to the results of micromagnetic simulation and an excellent agreement is obtained. In the steady state regime, the model shows that the domain tilting does not change the DW mobility. An external or current induced transverse magnetic field such as the Oersted or Rashba field can prevent the Walker breakdown leading to a higher domain wall velocity.



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