Nonreciprocal superfluidlike topological spin transport
Creators
- 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
Optional Information
- Copyright
- ©2024 American Physical Society
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- DE-SC0021019
- Notes
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- Funding organization
- U.S. Department of Energy