Highly efficient in-line magnetic domain wall injector

Nano Lett. 2015 Feb 11;15(2):835-41. doi: 10.1021/nl503391k. Epub 2015 Jan 21.

Abstract

We demonstrate a highly efficient and simple scheme for injecting domain walls into magnetic nanowires. The spin transfer torque from nanosecond long, unipolar, current pulses that cross a 90° magnetization boundary together with the fringing magnetic fields inherently prevalent at the boundary, allow for the injection of single or a continual stream of domain walls. Remarkably, the currents needed for this "in-line" domain wall injection scheme are at least one hundred times smaller than conventional methods.

Keywords: Spintronics; domain wall dynamics; domain wall injection; magnetic nanowires; racetrack memory; spin transfer torque.