Published July 12, 2024 | Version v1
Journal article

Nonreciprocal superfluidlike topological spin transport

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy and Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, USA
  • 2. Institute for Advanced Study, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Description

We study superfluidlike spin transport facilitated by thermal diffusion of magnetic domain walls, where the positive and negative chiralities of domain walls act as opposite topological charges. The topological charge conservation leads to algebraic decay of the spin current carried by domain walls, allowing for the transport of spin over extended distances. We demonstrate that the presence of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction can lead to nonreciprocity in spin flow, thus effectively realizing a spin ratchet. In one scenario, the nonreciprocity arises due to diode-like behavior where the nucleation of domain walls is governed by thermal activation for one direction of spin current and by viscous injection for the other direction of spin current. We confirm our predictions by micromagnetic simulations of domain walls in TmIG nanowire.

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.110.045122;
arXiv
arXiv:2404.00818;
Crossref Funder ID
10.13039/100000015;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review B
Journal Volume
110
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
5 pgs.
ISSN
1550-235X

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; S77: NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
CHARGE TRANSPORT; CHIRALITY; DECAY; DISTANCE; FORECASTING; INTERACTIONS; NANOWIRES; NUCLEATION; QUANTUM WIRES; SIMULATION; SPIN; SUPERFLUIDITY; TOPOLOGY; VISCOSITY; WALLS
Descriptors DEC
ANGULAR MOMENTUM; MATHEMATICS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE PROPERTIES

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Copyright
©2024 American Physical Society
Contract/Grant/Project number
DE-SC0021019
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Funding organization
U.S. Department of Energy