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Applied Physics Letters / Volume 98 / Issue 23 / MAGNETISM AND SUPERCONDUCTIVITY

Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 232512 (2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3592844 (3 pages)

Asymmetric domain wall depinning under current in spin valves with perpendicular anisotropy

S. Park1, N. M. Nguyen1, C. Burrowes1, E. E. Fullerton2, C. Chappert1, L. Prejebeanu3, F. Garcia-Sanchez3, and D. Ravelosona1

1Institut d’Electronique Fondamentale, UMR CNRS 8622, Université Paris Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
2Center for Magnetic Recording Research, University of California–San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0401, USA
3SPINTEC, URA 2512, CEA/CNRS/UJF/INPG, 38054 Grenoble, France

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(Received 22 February 2011; accepted 13 April 2011; published online 10 June 2011)

We have studied the current induced domain wall depinning from an artificial constriction in Co/Ni multilayer spin valves with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. We find that the variation in the depinning field under current is strongly dependent on the direction of propagation of the domain wall. This asymmetry arises from the stray dipolar fields generated by the reference layer, which plays an important role in influencing the magnetization reversal process under current. In particular, it can favor a nucleation process instead of domain wall motion, which may be amplified by the current.

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Keywords

cobalt, magnetic domain walls, magnetic multilayers, magnetisation reversal, nickel, nucleation, perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, spin valves

PACS

  • 75.70.Cn

    Magnetic properties of interfaces (multilayers, superlattices, heterostructures)

  • 75.60.Ch

    Domain walls and domain structure

  • 75.60.Jk

    Magnetization reversal mechanisms

  • 75.30.Gw

    Magnetic anisotropy

  • 75.47.Np

    Metals and alloys

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3592844

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0003-6951 (print)  
1077-3118 (online)

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