Published September 14, 2015 | Version v1
Journal article

Magnetization dynamics of imprinted non-collinear spin textures

  • 1. Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, IFW Dresden, 01069 Dresden (Germany)
  • 2. Physics Department, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95064 (United States)
  • 3. Center for X-Ray Optics, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)
  • 4. Material Systems for Nanoelectronics, Chemnitz University of Technology, 09107 Chemnitz (Germany)

Description

We study the magnetization dynamics of non-collinear spin textures realized via imprint of the magnetic vortex state in soft permalloy into magnetically hard out-of-plane magnetized Co/Pd nanopatterned heterostructures. Tuning the interlayer exchange coupling between soft- and hard-magnetic subsystems provides means to tailor the magnetic state in the Co/Pd stack from being vortex- to donut-like with different core sizes. While the imprinted vortex spin texture leads to the dynamics similar to the one observed for vortices in permalloy disks, the donut-like state causes the appearance of two gyrofrequencies characteristic of the early and later stages of the magnetization dynamics. The dynamics are described using the Thiele equation supported by the full scale micromagnetic simulations by taking into account an enlarged core size of the donut states compared to magnetic vortices

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Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Journal Volume
107
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
p. 112406-112406.4
ISSN
0003-6951
CODEN
APPLAB

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
47052071
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
EQUATIONS; GYROFREQUENCY; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETIZATION; PERMALLOY; SIMULATION; SPIN; TEXTURE
Descriptors DEC
ALLOYS; ANGULAR MOMENTUM; IRON ALLOYS; NICKEL ALLOYS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS

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