Control of magnetic domains in Co/Pd multilayered nanowires with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy

Su Jung Noh, Yasuyoshi Miyamoto, Mitsunobu Okuda, Naoto Hayashi, Young Keun Kim

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    Abstract

    Magnetic domain wall (DW) motion induced by spin transfer torque in magnetic nanowires is of emerging technological interest for its possible applications in spintronic memory or logic devices. Co/Pd multilayered magnetic nanowires with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy were fabricated on the surfaces of Si wafers by ion-beam sputtering. The nanowires had different sized widths and pinning sites formed by an anodic oxidation method via scanning probe microscopy (SPM) with an MFM tip. The magnetic domain structure was changed by an anodic oxidation method. To discover the current-induced DW motion in the Co/Pd nanowires, we employed micromagnetic modeling based on the Landau.Lifschitz.Gilbert (LLG) equation. The split DW motions and configurations due to the edge effects of pinning site and nanowire appeared.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)428-432
    Number of pages5
    JournalJournal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
    Volume12
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012

    Keywords

    • Domain wall
    • Magnetic nanowire
    • Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Bioengineering
    • General Chemistry
    • Biomedical Engineering
    • General Materials Science
    • Condensed Matter Physics

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