Title :
Micromagnetic Simulation of Damped Oscillatory Behavior of Domain Wall Propagation in Sinusoidal Ferromagnetic Nanowire
Author :
Piao, H.-G. ; Shim, J.-H. ; Djuhana, D. ; Lee, S.-H. ; Jun, S.-H. ; Heo, C.-M. ; Oh, S.K. ; Yu, S.C. ; Kim, D.H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Chungbuk Nat. Univ., Cheongju, South Korea
Abstract :
We have investigated a damped oscillatory behavior of domain wall propagation in wavy nanowires under an external field higher than the Walker breakdown field using micromagnetic simulation. In nanowires having sinusoidal edge distortions with variation of wavelengths, domain wall has been observed to pseudomorphically follow the sinusoidal wires with keeping an intrinsic transformational frequency of inner wall spin structure. Oscillation amplitude of the domain wall position decreases as the wavelength of the wire decreases by an interaction between the periodically distributed spins and the propagating domain wall. Oscillatory behavior of the domain wall position is found to decay in a wire having the wavelength well matching with an intrinsic transformational frequency of the propagating domain wall.
Keywords :
damping; ferromagnetic materials; magnetic domain walls; magnetic structure; micromagnetics; nanowires; Walker breakdown field; damped oscillatory behavior; domain wall propagation; inner wall spin structure; intrinsic transformational frequency; micromagnetic simulation; oscillation amplitude; periodically distributed spins; pseudomorphical wire; sinusoidal edge distortions; sinusoidal ferromagnetic nanowire; sinusoidal wire; wavy nanowires; Amplitude modulation; Electric breakdown; Frequency; Magnetic devices; Magnetic domain walls; Magnetic domains; Magnetoelectronics; Micromagnetics; Physics; Wire; Damped oscillation; domain wall; ferromagnetic wire; micromagnetic simulation;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMAG.2009.2032093