Metastable magnetic domain wall dynamics

Metastable magnetic domain wall dynamics

The dynamics of metastable magnetic domain walls in straight ferromagnetic nanowires under spin waves, external magnetic fields and currentinduced spin-transfer torque are studied by means of micromagnetic simulations. It is found that in contrast to a stable wall, it is possible to displace a metastable domain wall in the absence of external excitation. In addition, independent of the domain w...

Micromagnetic simulations of magnetic domain wall dynamics

This summer project reproduces the foam experiment from previous summer but with oilwater emulsions. Increasing the viscosity of oil changes the droplets from soft to hard as well as the behavior from Newtonian liquid to granular matter. The expected outcome is Bachelor’s or Master’s Thesis or similar report depending on applicant’s background. The applicant is expected to have keen interest in...

Domain Wall Dynamics in Magnetic Nanostructures

Spontaneous decay of a metastable domain wall

We consider the decay of a metastable domain wall. The transition proceeds through quantum tunneling, and we calculate in arbitrary number of dimensions the preexponential factor multiplying the leading semiclassical exponential expression for the rate of the process. We find that the effect of the motion in transverse directions reduces to a renormalization of the tension of the edge of the wa...

Metastable magnetic domain walls in cylindrical nanowires

The stability of the asymmetric domain wall (ATDW) in soft magnetic cylindrical nanowires and nanotubes is investigated using micromagnetic simulations. Our calculated phase diagram shows that for cylindrical permalloy nanowires, the transverse domain wall (TDW) is the ground state for radii below 20 nm whilst the Bloch point wall (BPW) is favoured in thicker wires. The ATDW stabilises only as ...