Abstract
Rectangular current pulses of duration 0.14 μs, flowing across Bloch domain walls in Ni81Fe19 films, cause displacements Δx of these walls, observable by Kerr-contrast microscopy. In zero magnetic field, Δx reaches ≂14 μm/pulse at current densities ≂30% above the value jc where wall motion starts. This critical current density is jc≂1.2×1010 A/m2 for a film thickness w=263 nm. We have measured jc versus film thickness for w=120–740 nm, and find jc∝w−2.1. This suggests strongly that the observed wall motion is associated with an S-shaped distortion of the wall by the circumferential magnetic field of the current. This wall distortion is limited by the wall surface tension. The wall structure becomes that of the so-called asymmetric Néel wall. Through wall distortion, the current pulse pumps kinetic energy and momentum into the wall. This kinetic energy is then dissipated during ballistic wall motion happening largely after the end of the pulse. We also find jc to be independent of pulse duration.
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Domain wall (magnetism)Materials scienceCondensed matter physicsKinetic energyDistortion (music)Magnetic fieldCurrent densityPulse (music)Current (fluid)Field (mathematics)OpticsPhysicsMagnetizationClassical mechanicsThermodynamics
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- 1994
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- article
- Volume
- 76
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 4787-4792
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- 34
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E. Salhi,
L. Berger
(1994).
Current-induced displacements of Bloch walls in Ni-Fe films of thickness 120–740 nm.
Journal of Applied Physics
, 76
(8)
, 4787-4792.
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.357250
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- 10.1063/1.357250