Simulating the Maximum Domain Wall Speed in a Magnetic Nanowire

Authors

Andrew Kunz, Marquette UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Publication Date

10-2006

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Source Publication

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Source ISSN

0018-9464

Abstract

The dynamics of domain wall motion in permalloy nanowires have been simulated utilizing the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert (LLG) equation of motion. The simulation results are presented in terms of the domain wall speed for ranges of the Gilbert damping parameter alpha and nanowire width. The maximum domain wall speed is independent of alpha. The speed of the domain wall can be increased by increasing the nanowire width, but this lowers the critical field. For applied fields below the critical field, the wall moves uniformly along the wire and the speed of the wall increases with increases in the driving field. This behavior is consistent with current analytic models; however, the models overestimate both the value of the domain wall speed and the critical field.

Comments

Accepted version. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 42, No. 10, (October 2006): 3219 - 3221. DOI. © 2006 IEEE. Used with permission.

Recommended Citation

Kunz, Andrew, "Simulating the Maximum Domain Wall Speed in a Magnetic Nanowire" (2006). Physics Faculty Research and Publications. 137.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/physics_fac/137