Domain-wall depinning assisted by pure spin currents.
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We study the depinning of domain walls by pure diffusive spin currents in a nonlocal spin valve structure based on two ferromagnetic Permalloy elements with copper as the nonmagnetic spin conduit. The injected spin current is absorbed by the second Permalloy structure with a domain wall, and from the dependence of the wall depinning field on the spin current density we find an efficiency of 6×10{-14} T/(A/m{2}), which is more than an order of magnitude larger than for conventional current induced domain-wall motion. Theoretically we find that this high efficiency arises from the surface torques exerted by the absorbed spin current that lead to efficient depinning.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 105 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010