Thermal effects on domain wall depinning from a single notch

Phys Rev Lett. 2007 Jun 29;98(26):267202. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.267202. Epub 2007 Jun 27.

Abstract

The statistical behavior of the domain wall depinning from a notch placed in a thin ferromagnetic wire is studied by means of a stochastic one-dimensional model which considers the wall as a rigid object inside a parabolic potential at room temperature. This analysis reveals the key role of thermal fluctuations on the current and field-induced domain wall depinning, and it allows for direct comparison with experiments in order to gain information on the nonadiabaticity degree of the spin torque.