1. Electric field induced domain-wall dynamics: Depinning and chirality switching.
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Upadhyaya, Pramey, Dusad, Ritika, Hoffman, Silas, Tserkovnyak, Yaroslav, Alzate, Juan G., Amiri, Pedram Khalili, and Wang, Kang L.
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ELECTRIC fields , *DOMAIN walls (Ferromagnetism) , *MAGNETIC tunnelling , *MAGNETIC anisotropy , *MAGNETIZATION - Abstract
We theoretically study the equilibrium and dynamic properties of nanoscale magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) and magnetic wires, in which an electric field controls the magnetic anisotropy through spin-orbit coupling. By performing micromagnetic simulations, we construct a rich phase diagram and find that, in particular, the equilibrium magnetic textures can be tuned between Neel and Bloch domain walls in an elliptical MTJ. Furthermore, we develop a phenomenological model of a quasi-one-dimensional domain wall confined by a parabolic potential and show that, near the Neel-to-Bloch-wall transition, a pulsed electric field induces precessional domain-wall motion which can be used to reverse the chirality of a Neel wall and even depin it. This domain-wall motion controlled by electric fields, in lieu of applied current, may provide a model for ultralow-power domain-wall memory and logic devices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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